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Le Pop
Original Poster
1,816 posts
104 months
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I thought the opening ceremony was fantastic, and now I am looking forward to a great Olympics.
The only downer - shouldn't somebody have told the Queen to smile, just for a couple of seconds while she was on camera? She looked miserable as sin. If she's so fed up with being the monarch at such a special event, maybe it's time to handover to the next generation.
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Regiment
1,683 posts
29 months
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Lol, she's an 80 year old woman that had probably been on the go all day, she hosted a big dinner for everyone just before as well for all the heads of state so perhaps she was a bit tired out at the end of night.
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don4l
3,321 posts
46 months
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I must say that I am surprised at how much is expected of her. At the jubilee celebrations she had to stand in a cold wind for hours. She was lucky that she didn't catch pneumonia.
We really shouldn't expect an 86 year old to perform public duties late at night.
Don
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petemurphy
2,985 posts
53 months
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love to see you smile at 86 when youve spent all day entertaining and most of the year - she did fantatstic as did philip just by being there
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Le Pop
Original Poster
1,816 posts
104 months
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I know people older than 86 who can smile for a couple of seconds, even if it is just wind! I know she is "marvellous", I just think she could have made a special effort, knowing the eyes of the world are on her.
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dave stew
1,339 posts
37 months
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Jumping out of that helicopter at her age...
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andym1603
876 posts
42 months
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Was it not passed her bed time. She is getting on a bit.
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Regiment
1,683 posts
29 months
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Le Pop said: I know people older than 86 who can smile for a couple of seconds, even if it is just wind! I know she is "marvellous", I just think she could have made a special effort, knowing the eyes of the world are on her. I don't think she was aware of exactly when the director would cut to her.
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TwigtheWonderkid
6,321 posts
20 months
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Both are correct.
1. She often looks grumpy, and needs to make more effort to smile. She always has looked glum, my makes old mum calls her "old boot face".
2. We shouldn't be putting a couple aged 86 and 91 thru what we put them thru, so no wonder she looks miserable. We need to rethink it. What they went thru on the jubilee boat trip was straight out of the "Harold Shipman Guide to Caring For the Elderly."
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WhereamI
6,412 posts
87 months
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I think she was dreading having to listen to Paul McCartney yet again.
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dave stew
1,339 posts
37 months
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Don't people love to whinge. Just the other day Claudia Schiffer popped round in a fully restored Aston DB5, to deliver a gold bar, asking me to 'entertain her'.
Car was the wrong colour.
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Soir
1,908 posts
109 months
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At every family gathering, does the granny not leave the party at 8pm to go home?
Lot to ask an 86 year old to stay up until 1am and host party for VIP's. Amazing lady
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bigandclever
6,408 posts
108 months
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Welshbeef
13,180 posts
68 months
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She's old tired had a hugely long day. She doesn't know when the camera is on her.
Also I don't know many 80 year olds who can do anywhere near what she does.
An epic lady and really she does so much for the UK I don't get those who eat an elected president that's short term interest she is super long term no political alliances just there and if we're talking about value for money she tops the list
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Le Pop
Original Poster
1,816 posts
104 months
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I know all that, I just think somebody on the TV production team could've tipped her the wink that she should smile at the given moment.
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evoivboy
199 posts
16 months
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Mermaid
12,679 posts
41 months
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bigandclever said: 
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ClaphamGT3
3,464 posts
113 months
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When you looked at all the posturing elected heads of state and even some of the manically gesticulating royalty of other nations (Prince of Orange, Queen Sofia of Spain, Prince Albert of Monaco) I think I preferred the Solemn dignity of The Queen.
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FourWheelDrift
56,855 posts
154 months
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Le Pop said: I know all that, I just think somebody on the TV production team could've tipped her the wink that she should smile at the given moment. You don't tell her anything, blame the moron director who cut to her at the wrong time. Same moron who had a fixation with the Aled Jones lookalike cutting to him all the time during the Olympic flame parade.
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MK4 Slowride
9,851 posts
78 months
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To be fair if everytime you go out they sing the same song you'd get pissed off. I bet she's saying to herself "play something else FFS".
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