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I grew up within spitting distance of both Highgrove and Gatcombe Park, so seeing a royal was pretty commonplace. My first girlfriend used to work part time in the garage where Charlie got his petrol. He was okay, occasionally even got out of the car for a chat. Anne was a total bitch, used to send out her private police to clear the roads before she would leave her driveway. Captain Mark Phillips was the best of them, although he's persona non grata now I suppose. My brother and I once helped him calm his horse down when it took fright after an asshole in a sports car screamed past. Genuinely nice bloke. I suppose because of this, royalty have never really impressed me all that much. I've always thought the royal family was an archaic concept well past its sell-by date anyway. |
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Ah, so that's who was in the royal car being escorted through the city yesterday afternoon, heading back to the palace. Thanks DG! |
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I have only waited for the queen once - during the silver jubilee when she flashed past in a drive-by and didn't recognise her because she wasn't wearing a crown. Never really forgave her, it has to be said. When the Queen mum was ill and the Queen came instead to open the Kylesku bridge near my grandparents, my sister and i refused to get up and go see her - my mum said she got a spot about a metre away from her, but i remained unimpressed. |
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It's not every day you unexpectedly bump into a member of the Royal Family. Unless you are Prince Phillip or someone. |
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Coincidently, Princess Anne whizzed past me yesterday in Bloomsbury. For the record, she gets a five motorbike escort. |
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My only royal experience was when I went to see Trooping of the Colour with the Guides the year some bloke tried to shoot the Queen. He was right near us and got jumped on and bundled off in no time. |
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At a recent concert I was amazed at how many people spent most of the time taking photos and video clips (sound clips maybe?). What really irks me is that they don't allow cameras in, yet a lot of mobile phones have flashes, high resolution lenses and can record VIDEO too... why bother stopping those of us who would like to bring in our camera? Damn sneaky if you ask me. Don't think I've ever been near a Royal, wouldn't waste my spit on them if I was. |
It must have taken some doing, to get her stand *exactly* under that 'QUEEN' notice, and the arrow they'd had painted specially  |
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PS Was it my birthday card? |
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On my own royal visit to York in 1981 a car whizzed by containing Princess Diana. The only royal I would like to meet is Prince Harry, preferably in an ill-lit alleyway. I will be courtsying on both my knees ands stay down for as long as it takes... |
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I'd like to meet the whole family of disgusting parasites, but only if I were armed with a machine gun and they were cowering, naked and unarmed, in a cellar corner. In winter. |
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I had a good close-up view of the Queen once and thought myself very lucky. But that was in the 1950s when she was young and pretty and therefore could do no wrong. |
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Carolyn, I think that has been tried before, lol and what did we get? Gorby and Putin. |
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People should use proper cameras, then they can angle the screen and glance at it whilst they also actually get to see what it is they're photographing. I saw the Queen once, in Jubilee year. Silver Jubilee. |
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I saw the Duchess of York in the summer last year, leaving "our building". The fifth floor of "our building" contains a dubbing/voiceover/recording studio for film and television. She may have been doing one of those weight watchers commercials, or a voiceover for the Budgie cartoon. She looked fabulous, darling. |
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