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[bluesako]

the feo phoned phillip and asked him what security he had for his guns he replied the army the navy the airforce

 

[Freeforester]

Nicholas Whitchell (Spelling)?, "That horrible man" Duke of Edinburgh.

ISTR it was Prince Charles who described him as ”That Ghastly man” - maybe they both had the measure of him....

 

[Freeforester]

ISTR it was Prince Charles who described him as ”That Ghastly man” - maybe they both had the measure of him....

Turns out we were both on the right track, albeit wrong!

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjwnYXL3v3vAhXBhv0HHd8BClUQwqsBMAJ6BAgIEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gettyimages.co.uk%2Fdetail%2Fvideo%2Fprince-charles-skiing-holiday-in-klosters-comments-about-news-footage%2F680812578&usg=AOvVaw2PWIVawlhJOZcNCJuihtf1

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Not sure I understand?

The royals are.

 

[gixer1]

The royals are.

Im not sure....I’d say they pay it back with dedication to the U.K. some of them (including Philip) didn’t have it that easy!

 

[Bavarianbrit]

True.
I am not a monarchist at all but I accept the Queen was from a different generation who had accepted it and I wish her no ill, I just see as a future way of pseudo running a country it makes no sense to me at all with all those hangers on feeding out of the taxpayers trough.
Maybe that's a topic on its own for another week though, not in todays moment.