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A Royal Weigh In

stuyvesant — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:11:21 GMT

If you Google the title of this thread you'll get the stories.

Apparently the Royal Family and guests are weighed in when they arrive for the Christmas celebrations and ideally have gained three pounds when they leave at the end of the visit, when they are weighed again.

I can't believe this, but I wouldn't put anything past this conspicuously consuming family.

What's your opinion - true or false?

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Vivian — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:18:03 GMT

My opinion is that it's false. Overly polite and proper, the royal family would be appalled by such gauche behavior. On the other hand.....

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:19:45 GMT

I'm not making a down payment on this tale, much less buying it!

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Johnnyeager — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:23:57 GMT

It is depicted in the movie Spencer, with Diana being weighed.

Various publications including Newsweek and Marie Claire have said that the tradition is indeed a fact.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:28:18 GMT

I'm afraid I'd have to skip the Christmas celebration. Do we REALLY THINK the Queen would put up with being weighed, as private as she is?

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stuyvesant — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:36:58 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I'm afraid I'd have to skip the Christmas celebration. Do we REALLY THINK the Queen would put up with being weighed, as private as she is?

The articles don't say the queen is weighed, only her guests.

As far as the queen's privacy, I'm sure there's a brooch that covers the situation.

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tessam — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:05:08 GMT

lol

and i have a bridge i want to sell you

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Bhvbum — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:24:46 GMT

@Johnnyeager wrote:
It is depicted in the movie Spencer, with Diana being weighed.

Various publications including Newsweek and Marie Claire have said that the tradition is indeed a fact.

I don't believe it. It probably gives them a great laugh just to read that people do.

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Venezia — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:33:29 GMT

Is it April Fool's Day yet?

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Q4u — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:48:19 GMT

The stuff that our media says about the Royal Family has been so ridiculous over the years that I rarely believe anything they say. Oh and what they tell the American public about the British Royal family is never flattering.....

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SharkE — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:06:43 GMT

I think that may have been something back during Edward the VII reign.

If you think those made for TV stories are true, nope, nothing could be further from the truth. Break open English books and there is even differing stories amongst the authors.

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Zernia Rose — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:30:16 GMT

@stuyvesant Several publications wrote about this tradition and labelled it as true. Here is one example: https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a38208317/queen-elizabeth-weighs-guests-kate-middleton-prince-william-christmas-sandringham/.

The Queen won't host a large gathering at Sandringham because of the explosion of he Omicron virus in Great Britain, a prudent decision on her part.

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SharkE — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 23:03:35 GMT

That's what I thought it went back some yrs. ago. I still doubt the present Queen would do something like that.

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Sooner — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 23:20:26 GMT

Maybe someone was telling Diana that in hopes of her gaining 3 pounds in light of her eating disorders?

Sounds bogus to me. Or was said as a joke.

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Carmie — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 23:55:12 GMT

I have read this many times for many years. I think it is true.

The Royals Christmas is very different. They give gag gifts and play games on Christmas Eve. The weigh-in is supposed to be fun, though I don't think I'd enjoy that.

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SharkE — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 01:35:15 GMT

Kate goes in at 80 comes out 80 and a quarter.

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stuyvesant — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 18:57:08 GMT

I think the takeaway from this is that if you like the royal family you can dismiss the creepier aspects of the royal family.

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tansy — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 19:04:58 GMT

I had an English mother and heard about this tradition before. I believe it but imagine a few guests manage to avoid the scales.

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Mindy D — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 05:21:41 GMT

It seems to be a tradition that dates back to Edward Vll's reign in the early 1900's. time. It supposedly started by the king to see that his guests had a good time and were well fed. It supposedly occurs at Sandrigham estate in Norfolk, using a pair of antique scales. I think there is no reason to disbelieve this. In 2018, Ingrid Stewart, the editor of Magesty Magazine and author of several books on the royal famiy, was interviewed and confirmed this story. This would still not be confirmation from a member of the family, but the lady is considered credible.

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JamandBread — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:59:50 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised that this was true. Just watched Spencer and although it's fictionalized, I'd throw myself down the stairs if I had to "holiday" the way the Royals do. The more I read and learn, the more I realize how ridiculous the whole royal notion is in contemporary times.
If you watched The Crown, the Royals play a word game called "Ibble dibble" and mark their faces with a burnt cork.
Royals, they are just like everybody else. Lololol.