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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge thank Falklands for wedding gifts
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have thanked the Falkland Islands Government and the people of the Falkland Islands for their recent wedding gifts. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHurrah ...... (does a King Penguin outrank a Duke ??)
Jul 19th, 2011 - 02:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0“the couple was delighted to become the adoptive parents of two King Penguins”
Jul 19th, 2011 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentinean King penguins are smarter than Charles.
and who's paying for this “wedding gift”? The British taxpayers, but ahh, don't mind the austerity measures, let them bent over and work harder, those peasants love their “German” royal family, they must go to their land.
Jul 19th, 2011 - 04:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Queen of bad teeth (Isolde) Yeah, it's mine land, it's mine land, it's mine, it's mine...lol..idiot. look forward for more reactions from those bad teeth blowhards.
note. the ones from my country are also Germans, but what do I care. They don't get a dime from me.
Fido (here boy!) with the teeth fixation - try this
Jul 19th, 2011 - 04:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0“ ... Rather than inviting presents, the couple have asked wedding guests and members of the public to dip into their pockets to support 26 organisations that comprise the couple's charitable gift fund, ...”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/28/royal-wedding-gift-fund-charities
Do you know how stupid you look ?
look forward for more reactions from those bad teeth blowhards.
Jul 19th, 2011 - 07:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0- No I just look forward to more insane rantings from our local Alex Jones cultist :)
Rotten
Jul 19th, 2011 - 08:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0Hurrah ...... (does a King Penguin outrank a Duke ??)...... man, I think you are so stupit, mate!!!
Still sitting in the corner spitting venom. What is wrong with giving gifts at a wedding? Is that not the tradition in Argentina?
Jul 19th, 2011 - 09:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0# 3 Fiddler on the roof - “Yeah, it's mine land, it's mine land, it's mine, it's mine...”
Jul 19th, 2011 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, you Argies should know all about the mines on our land because you left so many of them behind when you had to retreat.
Hopefully, there will be a sizeable invoice landing in CFK's mailbox for the cost of clearance works.
Two fine young people.
Jul 19th, 2011 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0@3FidoDido,
Jul 19th, 2011 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0l don't normally swear in public, but l'm going to make an exception for you.
Cloggs(Fido), you are a Dickhead!
So british, great for you SUBJECTS! But of a Crown, that is NOT of a colonial power! Then you claim self determination and send presents to YOUR colonial master? Very very very very interesting as another precedent!
Jul 19th, 2011 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0@11 Allegedly - It is a civilised custom to give wedding presents, whether related to the happy couple or not. In fact, even the Argie goverment followed this practice :
Jul 19th, 2011 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”Silversmith Marcelo Toledo shows a case with flower-shaped salt shakers made out of sterling silver 07 May, 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group, composed of six different kind of flowers (daisy-pansy-hydrangea-pomegranate-orange blossom-glacier) will be the Argentine government's official wedding present in the wedding of Spanish Prince Felipe de Borbon with Letizia Ortiz next May 22nd in Madrid.”
So, does that mean that Argentina is serving YOUR colonial masters?
A very interesting precedent indeed ! LOL.
is it common in Malvinas people sending penguins as wedding gifts??
Jul 19th, 2011 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0doesnt that animals need to live in its environment??
and how are the penguins living in UK??
they put them where ?? in a zoo??
i imagine that travelling more than 13000 km must have been embarassing for them over a plain to be a gift .......hmmmmmmmmmm
@ 13 Are you serious ??????????????????????
Jul 19th, 2011 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Jealousy pure jealousy.
Jul 19th, 2011 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They have no wonderful things,
So condemn others for appreciating the finer things in life,
They are a wonderful couple, and British,
And what have the argies got to complain about,[you got KFC]
What more could you ask for lol.,,
12 RedBaron
Jul 19th, 2011 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That was the artist personal gift not a Government gift.
“and how are the penguins living in UK??”
Jul 19th, 2011 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lmao some of you Argys are so stupid it's hilarious. The penguins stay on the islands..They are “adopted” much like you can adopt a lion or lima when the adverts on TV come up. You don't physically get the lion mailed to your front door. The money you give is put towards keeping said animal in good health and you usually get some pictures of the animal and gift cards from that charity.
Just....Lmao.
16 Allegedly - read the quote again - it says “The group.....will be the Argentine government's official wedding present....”.
Jul 19th, 2011 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If the quotation is de facto wrong then I apologise , but it looks alright to me.
By the way, this adds even more fun to the story:
The Argentine's wedding gift for William and Kate
A silver mate, in homage to wine, made by silversmith Marcelo Toledo will be the Argentine official gift for the wedding of Prince William with Kate Middleton, to be held next Friday in London.
The piece was shipped today and has been exhibited in New York, in the Collection Fortabat and Moscow and Shanghai last year, which saw nearly 5 million people around the world.
It is made with real silver in Argentina, and measures about 25 inches high. In its design, you can see a mate with a bunch of grapes, supported by angels or mermaids resting on a delicious fig leaf.
I'm sure that Kate and William will be grateful for the generosity of the Argentinian government as well as the Falkland Islanders.
And will not let a few uneducated little children like a few childish argie bloggers get in the way,
Jul 19th, 2011 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the present will be well recieved .
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Jul 19th, 2011 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0U would be right ,indeed argies are uneducated on the Art History !
The best gift from Argentina to the couple could be 2000 falklanders back to UK....
Jul 21st, 2011 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina has no 2000 falklanders to give to the couple.
Jul 21st, 2011 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0falklanders back to UK....
Jul 21st, 2011 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Where have I heard that before?
An earlier draft by the Commission of Experts described ethnic cleansing as ”the planned deliberate removal from a specific territory, persons of a particular ethnic group, by force or intimidation,
no Stick! think that is the best gift to brit: they will save a lot of money spend in defence, leave the colonialist image that UK have (be reconciled with the international community), and the falklander feels that their rights of “self determination” applies in brit lands. Everyone wins!
Jul 21st, 2011 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They give wedding gift to rich parasites who send pirates to our country?
Jul 21st, 2011 - 10:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@24 nitrojuan,
Jul 22nd, 2011 - 08:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0do you think for just one minute that we are going to leave all that lovely oil for you Argentines? You must be loco, Juan!
As tacky as British can be! Great, another element to prove your “distinct” identity as a “people”! And then you claim self determination? Wow, quite impressive. My God, so tacky again...
Jul 22nd, 2011 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0The islander's right to self determination is enshrined in the UN Charter. Argentina signed that Charter so there is nothing that Argentina can do .... except wish the islander's well -)
Jul 22nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously Argentinians have no time for our Royal Family.
Jul 23rd, 2011 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is this a matter of concern to the right thinking and democratic people of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories?........ no.
Of course Argentina have their very own Kirchner Royal Family headed up by Queen Botox herself? Not sure whether her pedigree is any better than Fido's but hey live and let live is what I say.
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