BA100: The Queen visits British Airways Thursday 23 May 2019
May 23, 2019, 10:19 am
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Official Visit photos - BA Instagram account
For those that don’t have Instagram or wish to see some photos...
I’m unsure what Her M is looking through in this
Does anyone know what is being unveiled?
May 23, 2019, 10:20 am
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The monarch, 93, spoke about her first flight on the Concord in 1977 and a 17-hour non-stop journey from Perth to London in 2011.
It was for a flight for herself and the Duke of Edinburgh to Monetgo Bay in Jamaica.
The Queen also admiringly remembered the 'smooth lines' of Concord from her first flight on it, returning from Barbados in 1977.
May 23, 2019, 10:25 am
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That is the visitors book. There is a photo elsewhere of her signature in it.
Last edited by Steve_ZA; May 23, 2019 at 11:05 am
May 23, 2019, 10:25 am
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May 23, 2019, 11:00 am
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May 24, 2019, 4:14 am
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Even daring to mention Wi-Fi in a speech like that is an abomination and makes me cringe. BA has just screwed up the whole thing royally in comparison to their competition. For instance with AY I get free 30 min normal browsing Wi-Fi in business class (not to mention it's 30 min free for AY+ Gold and Platinum, irrespective of cabin) and AY+ Platinum Lumo (the equivalent of BAEC GGL) gets it free with streaming speed for the entire duration of the flight, irrespective of cabin. And AA has had a wide Wi-Fi in their fleet for several years now.
May 24, 2019, 6:55 am
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In all her travels, The Times reports today that she has never been to Greece.
How can someone get to her age without going to Greece?
Phil the Greek clearly has a deep aversion to things Greek.
How can someone get to her age without going to Greece?
Phil the Greek clearly has a deep aversion to things Greek.
May 24, 2019, 8:27 am
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The reason, he believes, is because of the fraught history of the monarchy in Greece, which affected Prince Philip's immediate family.
"Prince Philip doesn't like Greece, because they put his father [Prince Andrew] on trial, and he might have been executed," says Vickers.
"In 1922, they all had to flee." Prince Philip was a baby at the time and rarely returned.
It is not completely true that the Queen has never been to Greece - she did go there at the invitation of King Paul, Prince Philip's cousin, in 1950, but that was before she became Queen.
"Prince Philip doesn't like Greece, because they put his father [Prince Andrew] on trial, and he might have been executed," says Vickers.
"In 1922, they all had to flee." Prince Philip was a baby at the time and rarely returned.
It is not completely true that the Queen has never been to Greece - she did go there at the invitation of King Paul, Prince Philip's cousin, in 1950, but that was before she became Queen.
Indeed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has a panel which approves all state visits, called the Royal Visits Committee.
"There are always more requests for visits than can be accommodated," says a spokesperson at the FCO, and a trip's foreign policy benefit is a key factor when choosing a location.
"There are always more requests for visits than can be accommodated," says a spokesperson at the FCO, and a trip's foreign policy benefit is a key factor when choosing a location.
May 24, 2019, 4:21 pm
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"And this is what your husband put Ma'am. We managed to erase most of the drawing your Majesty as it was in pencil. Unfortunately the rest of the stuff he did in pen........
