Christmas with the Royals

[jdb in AZ]

https://pagesix.com/2021/11/09/the-...christmas-lunch-as-part-of-bizarre-tradition/
Would you comply with such an antiquated tradition? The "goal" is to gain at least three pounds over the holidaze, but I figure my weight is no one else's business.

 

[easyas123]

Eh - seems just like a funny, odd old family tradition. Many families - royal & not - might have them.

 

[DuskKodesh]

Brilliant idea: If anyone asks about my recent weight gain I'll just say I had lunch with the queen.

 

[mom2rtk]

Nah, that's just freaky.

 

[neverlandsky]

Bet the food is divine and delicicous. So due to the weigh-in, I would personally aim to lose 3-5 lbs before. Therefore when you weigh-in before you're under and after you'll be at your normal to you weight number. It wouldn't bother me. I practice the above before Thanksgiving & Christmas so I can indulge a little bit without the guilt or gain.

 

[Sinder]

Sounds like it's all in good fun, I doubt anyone is recording down the weights and keeping them on file.
Would I do it, sure if it meant I was living the life of a Royal, there are worse things to be "required" to do even when you aren't a Princess.

 

[mom2rtk]

Seems to me like they could have learned a lesson from Diana’s life experience and maybe discontinued something like this that could be an issue for anyone with body image issues or potential eating disorders.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

In today's more health conscious mindset I'm surprised this has stuck around. Doesn't seem like a good thing to continue to perpetuate, this idea that you're supposed to gain weight to reflect you're well fed.

The other stuff like entering by seniority okay whatever, wear paper hats sure fine, but getting on a scale to get your weight? That's a tradition that should have probably ceased to existed long ago. The walk around the grounds is probably a good tradition though, maybe one more people should do.

 

[JaxDad]

I’m curious about the “antique scales” and imagining something like this…

 

[Karin1984]

Yeah, that sounds like the truth.
Now that's a question they should have asked Harry in his last interview.

 

[Welsh_Dragon]

It just sounds like hilariously good fun to me. Good old fashioned British humour.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

It's easy to pee away an empire when you're preoccupied with such drivel.

 

[J'aime Paris]

In today's more health conscious mindset I'm surprised this has stuck around. Doesn't seem like a good thing to continue to perpetuate, this idea that you're supposed to gain weight to reflect you're well fed.

The other stuff like entering by seniority okay whatever, wear paper hats sure fine, but getting on a scale to get your weight? That's a tradition that should have probably ceased to existed long ago. The walk around the grounds is probably a good tradition though, maybe one more people should do.

I really don't think we are more health conscious today....
It's quite apparent when you look around a crowded place, as so many people are more obese than ever.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-weight-gain-since-1980s-startling/https://time.com/4435152/obesity-overweight-height-americans/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight


I'm guessing this tradition is for good fun, but what do any of us really know? "Reports" on the royals every move are in great number, but very few have actual first hand knowledge of private events like these.