Just a thought on maj. How can the prolific wrong un Jimmy Saville plus epstien both get into the inner circle of the royal family. Would Saville and epstiens hobbies not have been made aware to the royal family and maj. I think they would have been.

" You're not laughing now are you". Nigel Farage 2016.

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I agree.

The way things have been handled has shown us at our best. The emotions are genuine and shared across all strands of society. The stories are heartwarming and amusing.

I worried that this time would quickly become repetitive and boring which might taint her memory, but I was so wrong. It’s continually fresh and uplifting.

My own feelings of loss and thankfulness are replicated everywhere. This is a huge milestone in all our lives and one that could become a positive turning point for us.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Yes. i remember where i was when Kennedy was shot, i was standing on a grassy Knolle at time

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I was in Hamburg with some musical Mickey Mousers. Leaving that band was an error.

You got me but at least my girlfriend gave them their haircuts.

I could write a whole essay on this - being a personally researched area of mine.
There were surprisingly few Irish who fought for the Nazis at all - or even helped them. Tens of thousands fought for Britain and the US. It's not even hundreds for the Nazis.
The reasons are complicated. The main reason for not fighting for the Nazis was Hitler and Catholicism and the Pope. It was not some kind of sense of Nazi atrocities. Hitler used to hassle the Catholic church and the Irish were well aware of it. The Pope denounced Nazism as a cult - and that was enough for most Irish.
Ireland loved Mussolini - for similar reasons - gave the Pope the Vatican etc.
A lot of Irish were recruited from prisoners from the BEF. Many were in Nazi special forces as English speakers. The guys you see with Skorzeny in The Battle of the Bulge movie would have likely been Irish recruited that way. My own personal feeling is that you can't be too harsh on someone who gets out of prison that way - when after all, there was no particular love or loyalty to Britain.
Skorzeny and many others ended up in Ireland, shielded by the government - Ireland should be more ashamed of that and their turning away of the Jews at the beginning of the war, than anything during. In fact, Ireland used to drive downed British aircrew to NI in covered trucks. They kept the Germans in the Curragh military camp. Remember, Dublin was bombed "accidentally" as it were.

Red and Blue Army!