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I was at the monthly lunch of the Probus Club in Bangor, and a new member was asked to give the prayer before the meal commenced. It was the best, concise one I've ever heard:
"Thank God.......Food." As I was asked to give the loyal toast, and as the members know my views of Charlie and Camilla, they were not surprised to hear: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Queen. Long may she reign."
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"Good wine, good food, good lord, let's eat!'
A loyal toast isn't to do with religion but with national pride.
Edited to add: I wasn't questioning why probus give the loyal toast
Someone would say "Shall we say grace?"
Everyone would reply "Grace" then we'd stuff our faces.
Don't know where it came from, none of us are particularly religious. Well, apart from lager - we drank that pretty religiously.
On high days and holy days we'd even do a plainsong jam session with it - that was fun!
I never did know what it meant.