They weren’t originally - I’ve a friend who plays much older Occitan and Basque pipes. And what’s more they’re more techncially sophisticated. Nevertheless, they still sound awful! 
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Do you mean Louis-Philippe or Napoleon III? Or are you thinking of Louis XVI and the uncrowned Louis XVII 
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Yes, it’s complicated isn’t it. For the English at leat 
One shower a day is enough Stella
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Just the one whose head you chopped off.
So 5th last
Well, remember what happened to Charles I a century and a half earlier than that fool Louis XVI
Here’s a dad joke: what did Charles I’s executioner have for breakfast and where, on the fateful day?
He had a chop at the King’s head, boom ka tish
I’ll get my coat.
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Having watched some of the Celebrations, it seems clear that a huge number of folk have had a wonderful time… 
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The unsung heros of the night were the very clever people who produced the light show on and over Buck Palace facade.
A great nights entertainment and it didn’t rain!
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is that a euphemism for “they were falling about all over the place and vomiting in the gutter”? 
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Just because you’ve honked 6 pints and a kebab into the gutter, it doesn’t mean that you haven’t had a great night out.
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I thought it was just about a mandatory measure of a “good night out”
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That may depend on the age of the chunderer.
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too young and the smell of the barmaid’s apron could be enough
A few piccies from Friday’s party in Somerton (English weather did what one might expect at 3pm).
Platinum jubilee June 2022-02644 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Platinum jubilee June 2022-02681 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Platinum jubilee June 2022-02799 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Platinum jubilee June 2022-02497 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Platinum jubilee June 2022-02474 by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
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Cake… cake… is this my cue to provide yet another recipe… I’ve found a lemon variation of my highly-successful orange cake… which the local “peasants” of several nationalities have recently enjoyed… 
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Did it ours first!
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I spent my working life in warm surroundings away from the open air crunching numbers. I’m not complaining , there are far worse ways of earning a living, but to claim that the monarch has a hard life is laughable. You have fallen for the best confidence trick that has ever been played on the UK public.
The monarch has a life if ease in palatial surroundings where there are no shortages and the best of health care.
His duties
Listen to the prime minister once a week.
Attend public functions as a VIP.
Wave graciously (I can do that)
Wear fancy dress.
Umm!
Thats about it. Cushiest number going.
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Thats the plus points, then the press and cameras following every move and you have presumably stopped work? The Queen is still working 70+years, no doubt you have changed companies a few times.
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He was booed at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Shades of The Marquis of Bute.
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