TIL the Royal Family always travels with one black outfit in case a relative dies while they're on holiday.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/594034/reason-royal-family-must-always-travel-black-outfit

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Trebuchet@lemm.ee · 141 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well, it's not like they need to carry their own luggage

SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 1y

Or that they’re limited on luggage space.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 129 pts · 1y

Their business is being on show. Not having a black outfit in case of a relative dying or some period of national mourning would be a case of you-had-one-job.

spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 1y (7 replies)

The royal family also travels with a spare sex slave in case the current one dies.

astro_plane@lemm.ee · 40 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Prince Andrew keeps two at his summer cottage chained up just incase they try to run away again.

DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Idk man, then they age. Wouldn't he keep them on a rotational basis, considering, you know, the linear nature of time, at least to our consciousness?

curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y

I believe the answer there is - two living at any given time.

gnutrino@programming.dev · 30 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Common misconception, they don't actually take their sex slaves with them, they acquire new ones at their destination.

Burninator05@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

That just makes good financial sense and keeps things spicy.

And009@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 1y

It's always in storage, in islands all over.

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 6 pts · 1y

Redundancy is so important that they keep a spare spare sex slave and assorted collection of anal beads.

RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Trump clearly doesn't, he came to Pope's funeral in blue suite...

Bieren@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
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Veedem@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

So did the Prince

Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y (4 replies)

We're not allowed to call him that anymore. He went by "the Artist" until his death. Man, fuck Warner Bros.

What where we talking about?

srecko@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

I believe he started using Prince again since the start of new millenium

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Nah, he went back to calling himself Prince in 2000.

GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

One of my favorite SNL skits was them referring to him as "the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince."

olav@theweird.space · 1 pts · 1y
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ramble81@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y

Quickest way to get Trump in a black suit is to start calling him “poor” and note that he doesn’t have a big enough entourage or money to also have a black suit. Reverse psychology works well on him and comparing him to others.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y

I always travel with black clothes because...fuck the State.

We are not the same.

starlinguk@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Michelle Obama says she does as well. I suppose a lot of people in the public eye do.

toofpic@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Love hearing facts about the rich!

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y

/s or downvotes

temporal_spider@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I never travel with black clothes, because I never travel, and don't own any black clothes, because I never wear black, or attend funerals.

RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I once saw a black cat.

And009@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y

Turns out to be a pair of Google eyes in an alleyway.

SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y

I so the same but instead of a black outfit it's a change of underwear. Some lessons are learned hard, and some are learned warm and wet.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Took me too long to realize that a "black outfit" isnt a bunch of people with black skin.

I wasn't sure how some Africans would be necessary in the subsequent PR campaign following a death

And009@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y

Lmao, we're all black on the inside. Smoking kills.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

A blue one is also totally suitable for a funeral, just ask Donnie Orangeutan, he knows all about style and dignity. /s

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How frequently are they on holiday?

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think it rounds up to about 100% of the time

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Exactly. So the probability of someone dying while you are on holiday also approaches 100%. So makes sense to keep that black suit handy.

nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
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Valmond@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I'll start doing that too.

thorhop@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y

They read that that book about manifesting what you want and ever since it's been knives out.