RAMROD 117,103 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 An airport in France will be renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II after receiving permission from the King, officials in the town have said. Le Touquet, in northern France, received the blessing from the King on Monday, its town hall said. Touquet-Paris-Plage airport will be Elizabeth II Le Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport. The town hall said the tribute to the "Great Queen" would also recognise the "most British of French resorts". A date for the inauguration has not been set. It comes after the original proposal was made to the British Crown six days after the death of the Queen on 8 September last year. Le Touquet explained it was also a nod to the late Queen's uncle, Edward VIII, who visited the resort to enjoy horse riding and sand yachting, sometimes accompanied by his niece when she was not yet Queen. "That King Charles III accepted the proposal of the mayor of Le Touquet further reinforces the strategy of the latter who wants to affirm Le Touquet as 'the most British of French resorts'," Le Touquet's town hall added. The airport was designed in the 1930s to welcome Britons to the coastal town about an hour's drive from Calais. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte also have a holiday home there. The town hopes its airport's new name will strengthen the link between the town and the UK, and welcome tourist planes from across the Channel. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66577824 (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 I would never name my airport after a queen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 14 minutes ago, Chromatislaps said: I would never name my airport after a queen Gaga International Airport?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, bionic said: Gaga International Airport?? Read my line again with a dirty mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsemanche 97,808 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinnitus15 51,886 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, bionic said: Gaga International Airport?? Haus Labs international Airport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 15,869 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, alsemanche said: My reaction lol. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesha Erotica 1,924 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 45 minutes ago, RAMROD said: The town hopes its airport's new name will strengthen the link between the town and the UK, and welcome tourist planes from across the Channel. So it's all about getting money in the form of tourists from the UK and not about what local people in France think about it who probably have something against monarchy rule praise. If an airport named after QEII exists, it should be within the English speaking-world, from where QEII is and where she derives from. It is against the history of France to have an airport named after a(n English) queen: the abolishment of monarchy is enshrined and fundamental to French identity; ignoring this means that culture plays less of a role than economy in France these days. Especially since this is France.... the biggest enemy for English kings and queens for centuries. Your boyfriend comes over with a bit of gun oil Says he wants to step on new soil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fame Monster 4,554 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Better names for an airport: - Sure Jan Airport - Peter van der Veen Airport - Not A Soul Can Clock Airport - Viva Las Pop Divas Airport Find your freedom in the music Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesha Erotica 1,924 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, The Fame Monster said: - Viva Las Pop Divas Airport rename Gran Canaria airport into this and not this unknown French city Le torquet we didn't heard of before today. Your boyfriend comes over with a bit of gun oil Says he wants to step on new soil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,861 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Chromatislaps said: I would never name my airport after a queen 2 hours ago, Chromatislaps said: Read my line again with a dirty mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Hamon 6,992 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 3 hours ago, LoliLux said: and not about what local people in France think I can confirm that it would clearly not be the choice made if ever we were asked. 😆 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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