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@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days ago

TIL the Royal Family always travels with one black outfit in case a relative dies while they're on holiday.

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TIL the Royal Family always travels with one black outfit in case a relative dies while they're on holiday.

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@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days ago
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The Reason Why Members of the Royal Family Must Always Travel With One All-Black Outfit
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It all began in 1952 when then-Princess Elizabeth was caught without a black outfit when the circumstances called for one.
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  • @Trebuchet@lemm.ee
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    140•16 days ago

    Well, it’s not like they need to carry their own luggage

    • @SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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      24•16 days ago

      Or that they’re limited on luggage space.

  • @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    128•16 days ago

    Their business is being on show. Not having a black outfit in case of a relative dying or some period of national mourning would be a case of you-had-one-job.

  • snooggums
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    72•16 days ago

    The royal family also travels with a spare sex slave in case the current one dies.

    • @astro_plane@lemm.ee
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      40•16 days ago

      Prince Andrew keeps two at his summer cottage chained up just incase they try to run away again.

      • @DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
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        15•16 days ago

        Idk man, then they age. Wouldn’t he keep them on a rotational basis, considering, you know, the linear nature of time, at least to our consciousness?

        • @curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9•16 days ago

          I believe the answer there is - two living at any given time.

    • @gnutrino@programming.dev
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      30•16 days ago

      Common misconception, they don’t actually take their sex slaves with them, they acquire new ones at their destination.

      • @Burninator05@lemmy.world
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        7•16 days ago

        That just makes good financial sense and keeps things spicy.

      • @And009@lemmynsfw.com
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        3•16 days ago

        It’s always in storage, in islands all over.

    • @HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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      6•16 days ago

      Redundancy is so important that they keep a spare spare sex slave and assorted collection of anal beads.

  • RejZoR
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    31•16 days ago

    Trump clearly doesn’t, he came to Pope’s funeral in blue suite…

    • @Bieren@lemmy.world
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      14•16 days ago

      To be fair, he probably only has one suit that fits his fat ass. Not to mention the others are covered in bronzer stains.

    • @Veedem@lemmy.world
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      4•16 days ago

      So did the Prince

      • @Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        We’re not allowed to call him that anymore. He went by “the Artist” until his death. Man, fuck Warner Bros.

        What where we talking about?

        • @srecko@lemm.ee
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          5•16 days ago

          I believe he started using Prince again since the start of new millenium

        • @dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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          2•16 days ago

          Nah, he went back to calling himself Prince in 2000.

          • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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            2•16 days ago

            One of my favorite SNL skits was them referring to him as “the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.”

          • olav
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            @dogslayeggs
            @Scipitie

            IIRC it was a record label conflict, not unlike TS re-releasing her earlier works.

  • @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    20•16 days ago

    Quickest way to get Trump in a black suit is to start calling him “poor” and note that he doesn’t have a big enough entourage or money to also have a black suit. Reverse psychology works well on him and comparing him to others.

  • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    I always travel with black clothes because…fuck the State.

    We are not the same.

  • @starlinguk@lemmy.world
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    13•16 days ago

    Michelle Obama says she does as well. I suppose a lot of people in the public eye do.

  • toofpic
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    11•16 days ago

    Love hearing facts about the rich!

    • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      2•16 days ago

      /s or downvotes

  • @temporal_spider@lemm.ee
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    10•16 days ago

    I never travel with black clothes, because I never travel, and don’t own any black clothes, because I never wear black, or attend funerals.

    • @RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      9•16 days ago

      I once saw a black cat.

      • @And009@lemmynsfw.com
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        1•16 days ago

        Turns out to be a pair of Google eyes in an alleyway.

  • @SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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    7•15 days ago

    I so the same but instead of a black outfit it’s a change of underwear. Some lessons are learned hard, and some are learned warm and wet.

  • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    Took me too long to realize that a “black outfit” isnt a bunch of people with black skin.

    I wasn’t sure how some Africans would be necessary in the subsequent PR campaign following a death

    • @And009@lemmynsfw.com
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      1•16 days ago

      Lmao, we’re all black on the inside. Smoking kills.

  • @DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    A blue one is also totally suitable for a funeral, just ask Donnie Orangeutan, he knows all about style and dignity. /s

  • @jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    2•16 days ago

    How frequently are they on holiday?

    • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      I think it rounds up to about 100% of the time

      • @jaybone@lemmy.zip
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        Exactly. So the probability of someone dying while you are on holiday also approaches 100%. So makes sense to keep that black suit handy.

  • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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    1•16 days ago

    I’ll start doing that too.

  • @nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1•15 days ago

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