General Chat

I really admire Prince William. Despite his parent's unhappy marriage and

being constantly in the spot light he never the less gives a good impression.

His being a helicopter para-medic is very impressionable. for a Royal..

But what really makes such a good impression about Prince William

is the fact that he walked behind his Mother to her funeral alongside his Father

his brother and his Uncle. I couldn't do that. :-0

I noticed earlier this evening at the Wimbledon men's final that it was the

Duke of Kent who sat else where in the crowd and the Duchess of Cambridge

who did all the hand shaking and prize giving.

That is because the Duchess is the Royal Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, and that is the organization that holds Wimbledon. The queen appointed her to that position when she decided to relinquish the patronage herself.

The Duchess attended her first Wimbledon as patron in 2017, so this is her 3rd time.


The Duke of Kent is President of the All England Tennis and Croquet Club, and he has presented the awards in the past, since about 1969.

So he stepped aside this year to let Kate do the final presentation.

Apparently he did present awards to the officials, etc before Kate took over for the very last ......... those awards might not have been seen on your TV presentation.

A passing of the torch maybe????

He is 83 after all

I remember, many yers ago, the Duke of Kent's wife use to do it

Federer was unfortunate to lose, it was a long hard game.

A good game the players must be superfit I remember Duches of Kent very smart lady looks like Catherine is now the one to do the job .

They are indeed super-fit., surrounded by thousands of spectators at the court or on thll.. I remember an Australian used to dominate the sport, Rod Laver..

Off topic, the player that Henman hill is named after is a first cousin of the
orthopaedic surgeon who did so much work on my left leg. ;-)

The Duke of Kent's mother, Marina, used to present the awards, right up to about 1968.

Then she became ill and he took her place beginning in 1969, both as President and the presenter of awards..

The Duke of Kent's full name is Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick

David when you look at Prince William he looks so like his late Mum .handsome young man she would be so proud of his family .Barbara

Without a doubt Barbra :-) And an impressive choice of career he has.

I said it earlier, what strength of character to be able to walk behind his Mother

totally agree.... a lovely young man, good husband and great father.

SPQR

Ah yes, Rollo ........

a delightful restaurant in California. An old friend has recommended that we go there if we visit to California any time soon

An interesting name, don't you think?

But not quite sure how it has any reference to Prince William :-D :-D

Reference to a Latin phrase I think Sylvia. I did Latin many years ago :-D :-D :-D

SPQR (Latin: Senatus Populusque Romanus, "The Roman Senate and People", or more freely as "The Senate and People of Rome"; Classical Latin: [s?'na?.tus p?pu'lus.k?? ro?'ma?.nus]) refers to the government of the ancient Roman Republic.

The last king of Rome was Tarquin.
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning from 535 BC until the popular uprising in 509 BC that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, from his cognomen Superbus (Latin for "proud, arrogant, lofty").

Other than Royal still not sure why it actually applies to this thread....

SPQR ...... restaurant in northern California


I'm not trying to show off my Latin knowledge, nor my knowledge of the old Roman Empire, though I have a LOT of history education.

"SPQR" is a very well known motto of the Roman republic and is for that reason widely used by Italian restaurants world over inc the one in Filmore Street, S.F. which is good fun though far from classy. There is nothing classy in Filmore Street.

Of course there are other Italian establishments going by such monikers as Neros and Caesars.

But what has either got to do with Prince William :-S :-S :-S

:-D