Boom.

April 30, 2016 2:59 PM

Harry and Liz are flicking through some pictures from the Invictus Games when Harry gets a call from Michelle. You'll never guess what happens next... [In tweet]
posted by Wordshore (27 comments total)

That is double plus awesome, and I needed the smile today. Thanks for posting!
posted by Mooski at 3:04 PM on April 30, 2016

is one viral?
posted by infini at 3:05 PM on April 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

Today is a great day to be a republican!
posted by Emma May Smith at 3:07 PM on April 30, 2016

I don't WANT to be charmed by the Royal Family but. Yeah. Dammit :)
posted by kalimac at 3:07 PM on April 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

Nice.
posted by inconsequentialist at 3:08 PM on April 30, 2016

Ok, this is charming and those soldiers in the background, to the left and right, have gotta be the first people to make those faces directly to the Queen.
posted by LobsterMitten at 3:33 PM on April 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

I love this so much. In my Royal Family fanfic brain, Harry's the absolute favorite.

I hope that because Charles only has 2 children as opposed to Elizabeth's 4, Harry will continue to have a very high profile once Windsor: Next Generation occurs.

Actually, in my fanfic brain, Anne gets to be Queen...
posted by kimberussell at 4:08 PM on April 30, 2016 [2 favorites]

Boom!
posted by chavenet at 4:14 PM on April 30, 2016

I don't WANT to be charmed by the Royal Family but.

To be fair, they're more or less raised from birth to be charming. (Although that seems to have mainly skipped a generation, Charles).

I hope that because Charles only has 2 children as opposed to Elizabeth's 4, Harry will continue to have a very high profile once Windsor: Next Generation occurs.

Doubtful. Anne only remained high-profile-ish because of her Olympic involvement (admittedly she's the hardest-working of the Royals, attending events and opening things and generally doing stuff almost every single day of the year); Edward and Andrew are largely feckless nonentities who've only really been in the news for marital strife and/or really bloody stupid sticking one's nose in where it doesn't belong.

I imagine that Harry breathed a HUGE MASSIVE sigh of relief when George was born, and another when Charlotte was. The heir to the heir has an heir and a spare, which pretty much lets him off the hook so he can go be Margaret 2.0. (Incl. posing naked in a bathtub pls).
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 4:24 PM on April 30, 2016 [7 favorites]

really. How could one not love this? Yeah, no royals, small r republican, yadda, but Queen Elizabeth is adorable in this.
posted by theora55 at 4:29 PM on April 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

(Pss. Margs in a bathtub btw)
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 4:30 PM on April 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

I feel like once a week something happens that makes me sigh and say "I am going to miss the Obamas so much." This was this week's thing.
posted by lunasol at 4:57 PM on April 30, 2016 [8 favorites]

You'll never guess what happens next...

... a carefully crafted viral advertising video?
Nope, I did guess that.
posted by Mezentian at 6:03 PM on April 30, 2016 [4 favorites]

.. a carefully crafted viral advertising video?

how dare they make us smile while promoting an athletic competition for wounded soldiers

HOW VERY DARE THEY
posted by Anonymous at 6:12 PM on April 30, 2016

every second I feel warm inside about a little old lady saying "boom, really" is a second I am directly endorsing the subjugation of the human spirit for all eternity
posted by Anonymous at 6:15 PM on April 30, 2016

Making viral videos is not what I pay my taxes to the Queen for.
She gets to wave, cut ribbons, wear hats and make speeches at the opening of Parliament and Christmas.

Do you think King George would have made a mad video like this?
posted by Mezentian at 6:18 PM on April 30, 2016

Whose job do you think it was to explain to the Queen what a viral video is?
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 6:19 PM on April 30, 2016 [5 favorites]

Do you think King George would have made a mad video like this?

Would that he had, the Colonies might still be His Majesty's loyal subjects today.
posted by micketymoc at 6:21 PM on April 30, 2016

Yeah, but you also are holding that cat in captive stasis with an uncertain future, so yeah, that.

I replaced that cat with a wave-particle like forever ago, get with the times
posted by Anonymous at 6:30 PM on April 30, 2016

"Would that he had, the Colonies might still be His Majesty's loyal subjects today."

Yeah, he could have tried something like this or maybe this, and I bet that whole rebellion would have been OFF!
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 6:33 PM on April 30, 2016 [2 favorites]

Do you think King George would have made a mad video like this?

I expect that in 2060 or so, George VII probably will.
posted by Guy Smiley at 7:38 PM on April 30, 2016

It's not like our Queen is new to this. She's been on youtube since since 1957.
posted by sfenders at 7:54 PM on April 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

I replaced that cat with a wave-particle like forever ago, get with the times

THEN WHERE IS THE CAT U SICK BASTARD
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:14 PM on April 30, 2016

THEN WHERE IS THE CAT U SICK BASTARD

You got me! THE CAT IS STILL IN THE BOX.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
posted by Anonymous at 10:28 PM on April 30, 2016

GOT UR CAT
posted by Anonymous at 10:30 PM on April 30, 2016

she's in multiple boxes

not even the only cat I've trapped!

I'M TORTURING THEM
posted by Anonymous at 10:37 PM on April 30, 2016

You'll never guess what happens next...

If it doesn't include an incursion of machine-gun wielding Republican revolutionaries, and the Queen transforming into her true lizard form to drive them away, I'm not sure I'm interested.
posted by Grangousier at 1:32 AM on May 1, 2016 [1 favorite]