Harry & Meghan #474 Crease is the word, is the word...

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GalofHal said:
That's normal, an equerry post is usually for 3 years, then they go back to service in the Army, RN or RAF.

It's a full on position, prestigious but very hard work.

New post holder will be announced idc.
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It was a lovely departure statement from Rob.

I assume there was an overlap of a couple of months while he helped train up his successor. And Rob has now finally returned to the RN.

The media are behaving like it's new news but it's not.

Announced in September. IIRC we already saw Mike with William at a couple of engagements.

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Prince William's new equerry bears a striking similarity to the future King – in two intriguing ways

Squadron Leader Mike Reynolds, a fellow helicopter pilot, will be Prince William's ‘eyes and ears’ for the next three years
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Ilovemusic said:
Happy St. Andrew's Day Scottish Tattlers!
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Thank you, and the same to you. I’m only half Scottish but love all the traditions. My mother used to do the Highland Sword Dance when a girl and when I was small tried to teach me but I’m no dancer and I failed miserably, but still like to watch it being performed.

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The Earl and Cuntess of Dumbarton should be celebrating St Andrew’s day but I doubt either have ever heard of it and they even rejected the Earl of Dumbarton title for Ffarchie when he was ‘born’! 😡
 
Ndrangheta said:
She doesn't. None of them do. Doing the 'Royal Beat' is a grift and always has been. The best they can offer is to be able to read out a Palace PR Statement to camera in a well enunciated voice wearing something smart. Someone explain to me why Jennie Bond wears an ankle chain? My
dear departed Granny always insisted that would make her a prostitute. Maybe she was right, she is definitely a bleep for attention. I saw her recently on TV and all those cruises she goes on sure have taken their toll on her face, she looks like she's been excavated out of a peat bog.
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My granny always said the same about ankle chains - she had a bit of a bee in her bonnet about it. I’ve never looked into why that was a school of thought though.
 
Amiyaya said:
My granny always said the same about ankle chains - she had a bit of a bee in her bonnet about it. I’ve never looked into why that was a school of thought though.
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My mother was the same and I have just tried Google but nothing on there ….. apart from the urban dictionary definition ….. but I don’t think that was going in your granny and my mother’s day . Here it is anyway ….

A bracelet worn around the ankle. Widely reocognized as a symbol that a woman is a hotwife or slutwife and available to other men for sexual activity.

Does Meagain wear one?
 
wisebutwild said:
Thanks for starting this new thread and providing yet another brilliant title @Chita.

I have started gathering Advent calendar gifts for the Gruesomes if you guys still want me to do it after the last few years. I like to think it brings a smile to your faces (and I like poking fun at Ginge and Winge for 24 consecutive days!) Oh, and it relieves the boredom when nowt else is happening In Montishitshow.
If you don’t want me to do it just say so, I won’t be offended, or you could just scroll past my posts and mutter under your breath “that stupid old woman is at it again, bah humbug!” 😂🎅🏻🤶🏻🎄

@Amiyaya keep your chin up, I will try with others to keep you amused (with help from the Gruesomes) as laughter is the best medicine …… it’s Black Friday so get your bargain packs of crotchless knickers today as you always seem to be ‘losing‘ them. 😉🤭
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How very dare you consider going on strike. I lurve your Advent Calendars every year and always look forward to them throughout December. 🎄 🎁 💝

Thanking you ever so kindly 🥳😘
 
ChipDex said:
Thanks for the new thread and title. :)



AL is still dining out on spending a year trailing after Haz about 10 years ago. Or coming out with wild stuff like Catherine allegedly donating a kidney. And GB News has had some absolutely unhinged moments about Catherine. Their Royal reporting is essentially the National Enquirer on TV.

Tina Brown gets airtime because of an acquaintance with Mummy in the 90s.

The only one I have much time for is Mr Arbiter. He's fair and reasonable.

And I always get Jennie Bond and Judi James mixed up. They're both rent-a-quote.

Royal reporting began its terminal decline during the War of the Waleses and the manipulation/spin/taking sides that went along with it. KC3 and Diana have to take some of the blame for starting that. The 'tabloidisation' led to the OTT promotion of Hero Haz/Cheeky Chappie at the expense of fair and balanced reporting on work that more senior Royals were doing. It's never really recovered.

Then the rise of people like Scrotie and the retirement of decent journalists like Valentine Low.

TBH, if you look for it you can find far better Royal analysis on forums and social media these days. Particularly from places that aren't monetised and looking for drama/clicks.

JMO
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Phil Dampier is usually good too.



Some youtubers and tweeters have become better reporters than the mainstream media.
 
Ndrangheta said:
She doesn't. None of them do. Doing the 'Royal Beat' is a grift and always has been. The best they can offer is to be able to read out a Palace PR Statement to camera in a well enunciated voice wearing something smart. Someone explain to me why Jennie Bond wears an ankle chain? My
dear departed Granny always insisted that would make her a prostitute. Maybe she was right, she is definitely a bleep for attention. I saw her recently on TV and all those cruises she goes on sure have taken their toll on her face, she looks like she's been excavated out of a peat bog.
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Someone explain to me why Jennie Bond wears an ankle chain? My dear departed Granny always insisted that would make her a prostitute

Mine, too! 😃 (Sample comment - "Shameless! The way she goes on, like she's got a bangle round her ankle!" 😠)

Are you in the North East? That's the only place I've heard it, and not for years now. My word - that's brought back memories.

she looks like she's been excavated out of a peat bog.

Doesn't she just! And what a snob! Posher than TLQ.
 
LadyMuck said:
TRG. Thinks a path is being laid for harkles return. Richard Eden bigging them up yet writes a bit disparaging about Sophie

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If there's any truth in this and KC allows them to return in any form then I'm done with the Royal Family. This sort of story just makes me want KC to be gone as soon as possible, we need someone who will actually take charge and lead the Monarchy into the future
 
Ndrangheta said:
People keep calling her 'Jenny'. It's 'Jennie', which makes her even more irritating in my book. :ROFLMAO:
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The only "Jennie" I've ever come across before was a cat in Paul Gallico's book of the same name. The story was made into a film starring the very attractive Patrick McGoohan as a Scottish country doctor, IIRC.

<disappears to check>

Edit to amend -Paul Gallico's cat was called Thomasina. Bugger! And it wasn't a doctor, it was a vet.

Now I need to find out who wrote a book about a cat called Jennie - I can see the cover in my mind's eye, There was a boy called Peter in it.

<off to google>

HA!

Back again!

Paul Gallico DID write a book about a cat named Jennie. And a boy called Peter.


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I feel vindicated, even though there wasn't a film made of it (as far as I am aware). Now I want to re-read it and see if I enjoy it as much as my 10 year old self did.

<off to World of Books>

<Back again to apologise for the me-rail>
 
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Amiyaya said:
It is Jennie and it’s by Paul Gallico - it’s one of my favourites.
“If in doubt, wash”

@TheMiceInTheShed
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It was one of mine, too - I don't know what happened to my copy in the last six decades, but I've ordered another (umpteenth hand) copy. I wanted the old cover illustration. (I still have my copy of "The Small Miracle")

Also got Thomasina while I was about it, and as it was "Buy 3 second hand books get 1 free" lashed out on a Dorothy Bowers and an EC Bentley as well. Free postage, too. I am ridiculously excited, and looking forward to a good read and (yes, I admit it!) a weep!

I loved Paul Gallico's books - I read loads of them. "The Hand of Mary Constable", "Scruffy", "The Snow Goose" . . . <sighs>. I watched "Mrs Harris goes to Paris" * recently, and am ashamed to admit hat I didn't recognise the title as being one of his books - and yet I will have read it, because I'm sure I read them all. Anyway - I'm looking forward to my parcel arriving, now. It will cheer me up after a bliddy awful year!

*It was LOVELY (I do like Lesley Manville) and I cried tears of happiness.

Edit to add: Paul Gallico really knew how to touch the heartstrings - wonderful emotive writer and a cracking storyteller.
 
LyraBalaqua said:
There is no way the harkles are coming back into the royal family, it’s nonsense.
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I don't even think that was the point Richard Eden was trying to make. He mentioned that both Sophie and Edward had professional lives who didn't work that well nor were scandal free before they decided to be full time royals. The Harkles wanted to be full time royals from day one - the Queen gave the ILBW the option of even continue to be an actress in Hollywood. But they wanted to be thee Royals, the most important. They wanted to do whatever pleased them and most of all, the ILBW wanted to profit from being a royal.

And now, today, their biggest obstacle to come back to being royals is not their professional failures. It's the fact that they built a name for trashing the royals. It's their complete lack of loyalty to the family and the lack of scruples in all their vile lies.
 
TheMiceInTheShed said:
It was one of mine, too - I don't know what happened to my copy in the last six decades, but I've ordered another (umpteenth hand) copy. I wanted the old cover illustration. (I still have my copy of "The Small Miracle")

Also got Thomasina while I was about it, and as it was "Buy 3 second hand books get 1 free" lashed out on a Dorothy Bowers and an EC Bentley as well. Free postage, too. I am ridiculously excited, and looking forward to a good read and (yes, I admit it!) a weep!

I loved Paul Gallico's books - I read loads of them. "The Hand of Mary Constable", "Scruffy", "The Snow Goose" . . . <sighs>. I watched "Mrs Harris goes to Paris" * recently, and am ashamed to admit hat I didn't recognise the title as being one of his books - and yet I will have read it, because I'm sure I read them all. Anyway - I'm looking forward to my parcel arriving, now. It will cheer me up after a bliddy awful year!

*It was LOVELY (I do like Lesley Manville) and I cried tears of happiness.

Edit to add: Paul Gallico really knew how to touch the heartstrings - wonderful emotive writer and a cracking storyteller.
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Angela Lansbury made Mrs. 'arris goes to Paris as well and it was really lovely -

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Mrs 'Arris goes to Paris (TV Movie 1992) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama

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