Queens Jubilee, what's the craic

Huge event for British people this weekend, and no better people to pull out all the stops. 96 years old and a lifetime of serving and duty. Remarkable woman!

Nor according to this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs

Louis XIV got a real headstart there when he became king at the age of 5.

I'll be in England for it. I'll see at the craic is anyway. If I was in Thailand and there were street events for the king, I'd definable go along and have the craic. Doesn't mean I have great devotion to the Thai king, but I'd enjoy the cultural occasion. Same with the jubilee.

The park next to me has some events and the city has lots of things going on. So I'll see how it goes. Plus the long weekend is a massive bonus.

Only a fool would have 4 days off work and try not to take advantage of them out of bitterness.

The absolute opposite experience for me.

Been here 11 years now, never had anything even approaching taunts or being looked down upon. As for comments or people being physical? Never.

Had nothing but positivity towards being Irish, helped me make friends, helped me start conversations with strangers, customers, etc. Seems like everyone has or wants something to do with Ireland over here, distant relations, stag weekends, or just wanting to talk about Father Ted!

As for the jubilee, it's not for me, but happy to see people enjoying themselves, I'll be in London myself for the next three days, but mostly inside theatres!!

Same as that for me. I've been up north east for the last 11 years and I always think with first impressions, you'd be much better being Irish than being from the South.

Depends on class though (class is much more rigid in England than ireland). I worked with working class people in my uni jobs and they made the potato jokes and scrap metal jokes (I didn't get that one at first). Basic bitch jokes based on absolutely no knowledge of history or the world, just based on stereotypes. Moved into a middle class environment since then and never got any of that stuff. People who know the first thing about anything, are generally very accepting of Irish people. Lots are aware of Irish ancestry.

The English really don't engage with their culture and history and I think they're poorer for it. So I'm happy for them if they get something from this weekend. That said, the North East is not really a royalist hotpot.

Yeah I'm up that way and the people are generally sound. Same experience for me. Being Irish has usually been a talking point. I've found that they don't know where to fit you into a social class here, so they're more likely to take you as they find you. But if you're from Chelsea or Sculthorpe, they have more preconceived ideas about you. Plus being 'from the countryside' means posh in the UK where in Ireland it doesn't really have any class connotations. So I was probably inadvertently telling them I'm posh because I'm from the rural Midlands, if you can believe it! Getting off topic though.

I'll head out and see if there's a bit of craic and probably have a few pints in the sun. Enjoy the long weekend.

What shows are you off to, something in the West End? Tried to get tickets this weekend but anything we wanted to see was sold out or really expensive

Ah right when you said one of them was set in Uganda I thought it might have been the Book of Mormon, I saw it in Dublin back in November and loved it so much we went back to see it again a couple of weeks later. I often listen to the soundtrack of it on Spotify which brings back good memories.

Enjoy all your shows, sounds like an epic weekend in the West End.

He's 86 and still active. More power to him. What's your issue? Leave them to it.