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[stuyvesant]

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?

[Vivian]

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.....

[Love my grandkids]

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

[Johnnyeager]

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.

[Kachina624]

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? 

[stuyvesant]

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@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? 

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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.

[tessam]

lol

and i have a bridge i want to sell you 

[Bhvbum]

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@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.

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

[Venezia]

Is it April Fool's Day yet?  

[Q4u]

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.....