[TheEnglishman]

http://www.escapistm...ms/read/7.52982
This had me smiling. Just another reason I like the monarchy.
EDIT: I wish I'd read all the replies. I saw the perfect title for this topic: 'Wii are amused.' ^_^
EDIT AGAIN: Just thought I'd mention, whilst on the topic of the Royals, that Prince Edward is going to officially open my school. They moved to a new building in the summer, and now they're going to make it official. They're closing it for the visit though, so we won't meet him. (Actually I misread the letter. Turns out we will)

[Saturos S.]

Made me smile. Who knew that the Queen liked wapanese stuff.

[ZephyrAnalea]

Hurrah for the Queen of England!
I still don't have a Wii, but if it becomes royal decree I might just have to get one.

[Platinum Sun]

Dang, I had no idea that Her Majesty was so up on tech developments. "Her use of the royal Wii" I never thought that I'd hear that phrase.

[Drizzy Drake]

Am I the only one who thought Nintendo paid this to hapen. If that's not true then I apologize, but it all seems a little, fishy.

[My Best Wishes]

Shotgun playing the Royal family in Brawl.

[TheEnglishman]

Skidzorz, on Jan 10 2008, 01:52 AM, said:

Am I the only one who thought Nintendo paid this to hapen. If that's not true then I apologize, but it all seems a little, fishy.

I'm fairly sure Nintendo wouldn't give a damn about the Royal Family when they're main targets are America and Japan.
It would also be unlikely that an institution like the Royal Family which has been around for centuries and once ruled roughly 1/4 of the globe is going to be part of an advertisement for a games console.

[Golden Legacy]

haha, hilarious news. Maybe Miyamoto will be Knighted now?

[Caael]

Miyamoto is overrated. He came up with Mario, Link etc, but all he does now is supervise games and stuff.

Would be weird if on MarioKart Wii there was a player called ' the queen'

[TheEnglishman]

Look out for 'Lizzy1926' in the future. :P

[Moonear]

I feel bad for the Prince, his Wii got hijacked by his grandma.

[TheEnglishman]

Well they say it's meant to be for everyone, but I think the Queen's probably a hardcore gamer inside. I bet she's got a 360. She probably spends her Friday's screaming down the headset.

[Drizzy Drake]

So THAT was the old lady I beat on Halo. Wow. That explains alot.

[Caael]

I can actually imagine that.

'' GET BACK HERE YOU KILLSTEALER!''

[Golden Legacy]

ihatekraden, on Jan 10 2008, 05:17 PM, said:

I feel bad for the Prince, his Wii got hijacked by his grandma.

Me111, on Jan 10 2008, 06:46 PM, said:

Well they say it's meant to be for everyone, but I think the Queen's probably a hardcore gamer inside. I bet she's got a 360. She probably spends her Friday's screaming down the headset.

Skidzorz, on Jan 10 2008, 06:49 PM, said:

So THAT was the old lady I beat on Halo. Wow. That explains alot.

Earth Dude, on Jan 10 2008, 08:10 PM, said:

I can actually imagine that.

'' GET BACK HERE YOU KILLSTEALER!''

I lol'd so hard at each one.

But as Me111 pointed out, the Queen is actually exactly in the right non-gaming demographic that Nintendo is reaching out to with Wii. So in that sense, it's not too surprising.

[TheEnglishman]

Just thought you might want to know that the Prince turned up today. I didn't get to talk to him, but we all saw him. No TV cameras though. :D

[Moonear]

Did he get his Wii back?

[Eugine]

I think Royal families should be abolished everywhere >>.

[Caael]

What, just shoot them? Is Eugine jealous because America and the Carribean doesn't have one?

[Eugine]

I think it is just a waste of tax payers money. The Queen is actually the Queen of the Commonwealth, which includes most Caribbean countries... so technically we do have a Queen btw ^^. She' is represented by a "Governor General".

Royal families are there... just becuz... to keep the past alive?

And no, the government can vote to abolish it.

[Saturos S.]

Tradition, charity, they do quite a few social good things. They are really pointless, but I guess it's just fun. In Holland we've got Queen's day (the Queen's grandmother's birthday) which is basically a national party day. Amsterdam is so much fun those days.

I guess it's just tradition and fun.

[Caael]

.eugine, on Jan 25 2008, 09:39 PM, said:

I think it is just a waste of tax payers money. The Queen is actually the Queen of the Commonwealth, which includes most Caribbean countries... so technically we do have a Queen btw ^^. She' is represented by a "Governor General".

Royal families are there... just becuz... to keep the past alive?

And no, the governement can vote to abolish it.

Hahah, imagine the queen on the streets in a box.


And now the Royalty dont really do much apart from occasionally make the headlines when somebody gets drunk/ stoned or somebody dies. I guess they kinda are pointless, but who cares? They've been there long enough, why kick them now?

[TheEnglishman]

They don't harm us, and they calculate that the amount each person in the UK has to pay for them in tax is less than a pound.

[Quacnar]

This story was funny, I can't wait to beat the Queen at brawl on Wifi.

[Moonear]

She's gonna beat all of us at Brawl.

[redchi]

wow that cool and odd

[Drizzy Drake]

10$ says she will play as Peach in brawl. Closest thing to a queen that SSBB has.

Wait, now that I think of it, if Peach is the princess, who is the Queen?

[Saturos S.]

Skidzorz, on Jan 29 2008, 02:06 AM, said:

10$ says she will play as Peach in brawl. Closest thing to a queen that SSBB has.

Wait, now that I think of it, if Peach is the princess, who is the Queen?

Peach's mother, duh....

I'm not a fan of the royalty idea, but I wouldn't want it to go either. Queen's day over here is made out of pure win.