Anyone visit anywhere on Open House Weekend? I went to Marlborough House.

[Ashberto]

I didn't even realise it was Open House Weekend, and literally stumbled upon it while strolling past St James' Palace. Always nice to see how the other 0.0001% lived.

Impressively big table in the meeting room of the Commonwealth Secretariat, for which the building is now used. A few surprising flags though. Cameroon? Mozambique? They were never painted red in the glory days, surely.

Also, Ireland seemed to be missing? :hehe:



:-|

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

having been part of the British Empire, aren't there?

[Ashberto]

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Cameroon - Most of the country was the formerly French mandate territory (later UN trust territory) of Cameroun and gained independence from France on 1 January 1960, uniting with the much smaller former British mandate/trust territory of Southern Cameroons on its gaining independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1961.







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Mozambique - Gained independence from Portugal on 26 June 1975. The first country to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.[26] However, British troops were present in the country during the World War I East Africa Campaign.

[Classic Jorge]

And to think people worry about refugees and immigrants coming over here. A truly amazing lack of self-awareness from the kneejerk, righ-ring meme sharing general public there.

[Ashberto]

Built for the wife of John Marlborough, after whom Great Marlborough Street was named, where the ciggie factory was that Marlboro got the name from.

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]