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#316026 9-Sep-2024 12:14
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Anyone know why the guns went off at mid-day today in Wellington?

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  #3280279 9-Sep-2024 12:17
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A salute to Guna?

 

(Edit: Original thread title said “Guna Salute …” - corrected a few hours later).




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  #3280280 9-Sep-2024 12:22
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Could it have been for King Charles, if yesterday's was postponed due to weather?

https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/programmes-and-resources/gun-salutes/

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  #3280331 9-Sep-2024 12:36
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rscole86: Could it have been for King Charles, if yesterday's was postponed due to weather?

https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/programmes-and-resources/gun-salutes/


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  #3280332 9-Sep-2024 12:55
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MikeFly:
rscole86: Could it have been for King Charles, if yesterday's was postponed due to weather?

https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/programmes-and-resources/gun-salutes/


Did they get him?

 

Thanks, I just spat my tea through my nose ! :) 

 

 

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  #3280336 9-Sep-2024 13:03
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He's an easier target than Trump, all that ear capture area.

 

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  #3280337 9-Sep-2024 13:04
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It's the second anniversary of the accession of His Majesty King Charles II to the throne.

Somewhat more somberly for him, it's the second anniversary of his mother's death

 
 
 
 

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  #3280342 9-Sep-2024 13:18
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Ian McKellen is unmoved.




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  #3280419 9-Sep-2024 15:12
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eracode:

 

Ian McKellen is unmoved.

 

 

That's Sir Ian to you, thanks. 😂

 

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  #3280423 9-Sep-2024 15:15
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Handsomedan:

 

eracode:

 

Ian McKellen is unmoved.

 

 

That's Sir Ian to you, thanks. 😂

 

 

Not for long, according to some. 😀




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  #3280473 9-Sep-2024 16:37
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eracode:

 

Not for long, according to some. 😀

 

 

Why? Is he being cancelled? 

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  #3280474 9-Sep-2024 16:41
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networkn:

 

eracode:

 

Not for long, according to some. 😀

 

 

Why? Is he being cancelled? 

 

 

Maybe - for bad-mouthing the Queen and the wider Royal Family.




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  #3280599 10-Sep-2024 09:25
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networkn:

 

eracode:

 

Not for long, according to some. 😀

 

 

Why? Is he being cancelled? 

 


Yes he's been quite vocal and a few staunch royalists are demanding he hand back his knighthood. 




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