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Apple CEO Tim Cook Hosts King Charles III at UK Headquarters
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It's fashionable to be anti-royal, but the benefits of monarchy are seldom considered. It provides cohesion, unity and continuity to the nation above and beyond the vicissitudes of mere politics. It acts as a psychological buffer against overweening political power (q.v. Putin). For that it's worth every penny.
Should've hosted the remaining Pythons.
They won't be around much longer.
Like the Parrot.
Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.
They won't be around much longer.
Like the Parrot.
Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.
For most of the world’s population the same could be said about you disappearing. Sad for your family and friends perhaps but trivial and meaningless to everyone else. So what’s your point? So you don’t care about the royals (I’m not particularly interested either but I don’t complain about them), so what? A ton of people do. It doesn’t particularly matter why even, the fact that people do care is a valuable asset that the UK can use. They would be foolish to ignore that.
On top of which, there are doubtless things you enjoy that other people find pointless or meaningless. That’s life. People like or are interested in different things.
Art deco is such an amazing architectural style. Probably my favorite.
Still better than a modern building not behind a facade.
I guess that would be important if you and the Royal Family were the only people on the planet.
News flash, you aren't.
All the King really wanted was a visit to the Genius Bar to get help with with his iPod 
I went to school in Battersea and my class took a trip to the power station while it was still generating power via one of the two turbine halls. The excess heat from the water tanks was piped around the local social housing to provide free heating and hot water. The workers came from those estates too and were so proud of the building that they'd use the showers BEFORE their shift to make sure they kept it in tip top condition.
The architects of the building (which included Giles Gilbert Scott who also designed the iconic red telephone box) wanted a physical relationship between the station and the staff so they designed the control room to be full of levers and switches rather than buttons. You can get a glimpse of the control room at the end of "The King's Speech" where it doubles as the BBC Radio headquarters.
The architects of the building (which included Giles Gilbert Scott who also designed the iconic red telephone box) wanted a physical relationship between the station and the staff so they designed the control room to be full of levers and switches rather than buttons. You can get a glimpse of the control room at the end of "The King's Speech" where it doubles as the BBC Radio headquarters.
It is now a terminal stop on the Underground; basically a huge high-end mall with offices, it had stood vacant for a long time after the plant was shut down. Was just there, they had a nice holiday market/fair going on outside. No pigs were flying that day due to inclement weather...
Maybe those people interested could try something crazy, like getting their own lives to worry about.
Please explain how the king, a political figurehead, is going to impact Apple's business. It's not like Tim Cook will be sent to the Tower of London for failing to appease the king.
My recollection is that they have a parliament that makes actual laws. (OK, some pedant is going to interject that the laws can be vetoed by the king withholding Royal Assent, but that hasn't happened in literally centuries.)
That said - this visit is still useful for it's ceremonial and public relations benefits.
Except it’s not. It’s a Grade 2* listed Historic England restoration. Having worked on the site for the last 12 years, I can assure you it isn’t simply a facade.
Pandering to the elite is not what Steve Job’s Apple would have done. I actually think this goes against their culture.
If anyone goes there I highly recommend ‘where the pancakes are’ 👌🏾
I would suggest then, that you have not been inside it! It has been internally preserved and incorporates many of the industrial age it came from, including the turbines.
Unfortunately the socialists see it as an example of capitalism.
Take your own advice. Stop telling other people what to worry about and worry about your own life.
I don’t see it as pandering, I see it as maintaining a good relationship with the British government. Steve would’ve done the same if he were still with us.
Pandering to the elite is how anything gets done in politics. It’s a severely broken system but one that works to the advantage of Tim Cook and other billionaires. Steve Jobs did the same thing.
Our Royalties are very often participating and cheering for our athletes in larger events all over the world.
We have a quite an old King now, so he's not so often out and around, but the next in line, our crown princess and her husband are often doing a lot of representations instead.
I don't mind having them at all, they also do a lot and participating and supporting charity.
I also think politics gets a different tone within a monarchy, especially when the royalties are opening meetings and such.
The behaviour of polticians changes quite a lot I would say when the Royalties apoears, as they are very respected, and they don't want to misbehave in front of them 😀
It's a nice building, but I do question how many cities you've been to if London is one of your favourites.
