Furious.

[Shadow Man]

Within fourty seconds of seeing Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory on the Proms I furiously have complained to the BBC.

As a British person I am extra proud to be English. This evening is one of the last remaining bastions of Britishness left in our culture, and I, for one, adore the regality of the whole show. I therefore embrace the nations flags of Northern Ireland, Scotland and even the Welsh Dragon. I also just about accept the Republic flag of Ireland, to a small degree.

During Land of Hope and Glory I further embraced the tricolor of France. Yes, they were capitualting cowards with little more than garlic for arms, but Jerry did harm them, so hats off. What I can not except, and refuse to embrace is the bloody German flag waving at OUR proms!!!!!!!!

Land of Hope and Glory was made especially famous in both WW1 and WW2 as a statement against Jerry and their facist regime. How dare they!!! and how dare the bloody politically correct BBC allow the German flag to be waved!!!

My Great-Grandfather died at the Somme along with 20 odd thousand other Brits. Probably a lot of AB family members. His son, my Grandfather fought in Africa during WW2 against great odds to defeat Hitler!!!!!

I am furious, and this has ruined a rather nice evening and poor old Elgar must be stirring in his grave!!

Please air your complaints to the BBC if you feel the same.

Spitfires to the lot of them. Bloody krauts.

[Shadow Man]

Kleiber have you read my initial statement.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


quite a few question marks. And I have mentioned the Irish?? Er yes!!!

Please read thouroughly before you summise.

Thank you.

[juliacornwal]

Oh here we go, the Royal Family are German ... they are NOT German. Victoria and Albert were, certainly, Edward VII married a Danish princess, George V married a princess from Teck, George V1 married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon from Scotland and the Queen married Prince Philip of Greece. If you have a German (or Dutch or French or whatever) relation four generations back, you don't go around shouting that you're of that particular race, because you're not. I get so cross when all ills are laid at the Windsors' door because - shock horror - they've got German ancestry!

[Kleiber]

Yes, Shadow Man, I read it. I'm glad to see that the thread's been re-instated. Perhaps we were all being a bit hasty on Saturday night, adding our penny-worth. I feel that we're all entitled to our opinions ( you & me included!!) and this is a great place to air them. I hope I didn't offend you with my views - let's face it, if we all had the same opinions, the world would be one h**l of a dull place!!. Luv, K xx (friends again..??)

[Pippa68]

I thought Philip, although having the title Prince Philip of Greece, is actually German?