What sort of telly has the queen got

[Venod]

She probably a loyalist, so a Loewe would be my guess.

 

[nickyboy]

Must be Samsung

https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/samsung-electronics-uk-limited

I presume she gets them free in return for the royal warrant. Nice work if you can get it.

Maybe I should start a "nickyboy warrant" for loads of free stuff

 

[Drago]

With a real cockerel for the intro?

No, prince Edward just flops his out and gives it a quick wave.

 

[DaveReading]

I expect like much of the nation they upgraded to a colour tv to watch the coronation.

That was extremely foresighted of her.

 

[Drago]

The Coronation was before the days of VCRs, so actors had to re-enact it that evening for the queen to watch.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I expect like much of the nation they upgraded to a colour tv to watch the coronation.

That would be a great bit of time travel to achieve, my father was the first person in their street to buy a TV in their street, he bought it to watch the coronation & all the neighbours came around to watch. It was very much like the one in the picture from @raleighnut.

Not sure when we went to colour, but I still remember have a B&W TV in my bedroom in 1976 where you had to turn a knob to dial in the frequency.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Not sure when we went to colour, but I still remember have a B&W TV in my bedroom in 1976 where you had to turn a knob to dial in the frequency.

That's the most creative excuse for bedroom knob-fiddling I've heard.

 

[Sharky]

I expect like much of the nation they upgraded to a colour tv to watch the coronation.

There was a issue with their first colour TV, it would only show Red, White or Blue colours.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Blue colours.

You watched those movies to did you?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

A King-sized one.

 

[Globalti]

Telly? The Queen? Surely a Phillips?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I agree @postman

 

[berty bassett]

When me and my brother used to fight , I can still vividly remember dad shouting - stop it stop it , uninsured colour telly! At the top of his voice

 

[Drago]

Telly? The Queen? Surely a Phillips?

And she takes Andrew's Liver Salts. She's been putting off getting a King Charles spaniel or making her chips with King Edward spuds.

 

[Globalti]

That reminds me of the old chestnut about the potato king:

The Potato King was sick of his three princess daughters moping around the palace so he summoned them to his chamber.

(Pam Ayers rustic accent here) “Daughters,” he commanded, “It's time for you to get married. Go out and find yourselves a suitable potato husband and report back to me one year from now.”

A year passed and the three daughters returned to tell their father how they had got on.

“My first daughter… tell me who you married!”

“Well Father,” replied the first daughter, “ I met a lovely Jersey Royal and I married him!”

“Very good! Very good!” chortled the Kind proudly. “Daughter number two?”

“Ooh Father, I met a lovely King Edward and I married him!”

“Excellent! Excellent!” smiled the King. “Now, daughter number three – how did you get on?"

(Sad voice here) “Well Father, I’m afraid I must disappoint you. I married….. I married.... Des Lynam”

“Des Lynam? Des Lynam?” shouted the King, enraged. “He’s just a common tater!”