Reply With QuoteApparently the convention is that the direction the monarch is looking is switched each time: the Queen was oriented to the right so the King will be oriented the opposite direction.Originally Posted by DiscoMick
I see the likeness of Charles on our coins will look left in a 'new direction'.
The Greens should like that, but Pauline might have a hissy fit.
Also interesting TV ratings crashed in the 3 days after the channels began running continuous coverage.
As Barrie Cassidy said, the channels have misread their audience.
ChatterBox
SubscriberApparently the convention is that the direction the monarch is looking is switched each time: the Queen was oriented to the right so the King will be oriented the opposite direction.
Arapiles
2014 D4 HSE
Wizard
SupporterFrom "Tree Tops" by Jim Corbett
Wizard
On the $5 note she is looking left, will Charles look right on the note??
Tony
OldBushie
SubscriberNo, Tony. They should have someone else more suitable.
'sit bonum tempora volvunt'
Super Moderator
Poor old Liz, seventy years on the job and never got to cut her long service leave out.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
OldBushie
SupporterThis is usually the case But George V faced left on the coins and so did Edward VI his successor
You only get one shot at life, Aim well
2004 D2 "S" V8 auto, with a few Mods gone
2007 79 Series Landcruiser V8 Ute, With a few Mods.
4.6m Quintrex boat
20' Jayco Expanda caravan gone
YarnMaster
SupporterAnd won't get a letter from herself when she turns 100 now.Poor old Liz, seventy years on the job and never got to cut her long service leave out.
Very Very Lucky!
I did wonder when they arrested rather than quietly moved a "Not My King" shouting person a few days ago if it might not be the best way of keeping the peace
"A crackdown on protesters holding "Not my King" and "Abolish the monarchy" signs in the UK has sparked a series of new demonstrations, amid fears freedom of expression is being squashed in the wake of the Queen's death.As Britons mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II and the new King tours his kingdom, some public events and locations have attracted protesters holding pro-republic and anti-monarchy signs.
The non-violent protests became a talking point after police in Edinburgh and Oxford made arrests, and one woman holding a sign was asked to move away from the gates of the Houses of Parliament ahead of the King's arrival.
Now in response, blank banners and white pieces of paper are featuring in new protests as concerns are raised about the behaviour of police and any possible infringing of the basic human right of freedom of expression.
"
The show must go on of course (ABC news link)
Must admit IF I was given an Order from some of this crew I might question it.
London: The decision to deny Prince Harry the right to wear military uniform at events commemorating his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II cannot erase his decade of military service, his team has said.
Only working members of the royal family will wear uniforms at five ceremonial events scheduled during the period of mourning
"the King wore full day ceremonial uniform with the rank of Field Marshal,
the Princess Royal wore Royal Navy full ceremonial uniform in the rank of Admiral and the
Earl of Wessex wore the blues uniform of the Honorary Royal Colonel of the Wessex Yeomanry."
the age link
I know its a game but really! Harry did 10 years at least!
ChatterBox
SubscriberInteresting - but only because of Edward's vanity:
"Tradition dictated that each new monarch’s image on coins should face the opposite way to their predecessor. His father, George V, who had died that January, had looked to the left so this convention meant that his son, the new king Edward VIII, should have looked right. But Edward always parted his hair on the other side, his left, and the famous fop insisted it would look terrible unless he broke with tradition and featured his best side."
How a royal disagreement over a penny revealed Edward VIII'''s vanity | The Spectator
Edit: but it appears that these Edward VIII coins were never issued. Nonetheless the George VI coins did face left also. So the Queen's faced right. So Charles III will face left.
Arapiles
2014 D4 HSE
| Search AULRO.com ONLY! |
Search All the Web! |
|---|
|
|
|
Bookmarks