Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Here is a link to the story

http://www.extratv.com/2012/12/06/royal-hoax-remembered-the-queen-gets-a-prank-call/

This can only be described as an utter tragedy, so very sad for the nurse and her family.

I do not blame the nurse involved , as said an outside call should never be taken by a nurse.

Here is a better link to the story. I remember the Palace being quite embarrassed.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/can-the-queen-laugh-it-off-1579938.html

The security section needs a kick up the a***

Thanks for the links H

Dreamcatcher,

My father is on the end of the middle row on the left next to the Queen's detective. Interestingly, the very tall guy in the middle two rows behind the queen is princess Di's father. It was taken in 1953 on the HMS Gothic on the royal tour of the commonwealth after the coronation.

It is a picture of the Royal Household.

Interesting H that princess Di's father should be in the photo.

He looks just like her brother. They used to call him 'Johnny boy'.

My father was involved in security.

59 yrs ago the photo, I bet it seems like yesterday to you H. How time just flies.

I bet he did a better job then the ones we have talked about.

That must be a record a dozen posts without mention to the conservative party. oops
lol

Which is the more important story and isn't Cameron glad of the distractions, even from his gaiety marriage statements.

He will bend over backwards to get a vote!

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/06/george-osborne-credit-rating-

George Osborne warned: protecting AAA credit rating is lost cause



Cabinet colleagues tell chancellor that downgrade is inevitable and he should tell voters it will not affect borrowing costs


Patrick Wintour, political editor
The Guardian, Thursday 6 December 2012 20.05 GMT

George Osborne and Danny Alexander leave the Treasury before the autumn statement was delivered to parliament.

Cabinet colleagues have warned George Osborne not to try to protect Britain's AAA credit rating because its loss is now inevitable and voters should be told it is unlikely to lead to higher borrowing costs.

Osborne insisted he wanted to defend the UK's prestigious credit rating. He said: "The credit rating's important and the market is important, and the reason why this matters to people is because if you don't have credibility, if you're not able to show the world that you can pay your way, then interest rates go up for the government."

In the wake of the autumn statement, the credit rating agency Fitch warned the UK was at greater risk of losing its status. This was because of breaking its supplementary rule to ensure debt was falling as a proportion of GDP by the end of the parliament. Fitch put the UK on "negative outlook" in March 2012 – meaning the rating was under threat – but said on Wednesday: "Missing the target weakens the credibility of the UK's fiscal framework, which is one of the factors supporting the [AAA] rating."

Good weekend all

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My father was not a detective at all. He was more to do with the security services. There is Paths News item on that web site of the picture being taken with everyone getting blown around, I think it is under the tag of Gothic. It is a little way through the film. I have lots of pics of the Duke being covered in cream and being shaved. It was the 'crossing the line ceremony'

Kate Middleton 'deeply saddened' by death of hoax call nurse Jacintha Saldanha

Kate Middleton, pictured here emerging from hospital, is sais to be 'deeply sadd …

Article: Royal hospital pays tribute to 'excellent nurse' Jacintha Saldanha


Kate Middleton and Prince William are 'deeply saddened' by the death of Jacintha Saldanha, St James's Palace said today.

The statement read: "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are "deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jacintha Saldanha.

"Their Royal Highnesses were looked after so wonderfully well at all times by everybody at King Edward VII Hospital, and their thoughts and prayers are with Jacintha Saldanha's family, friends and colleagues at this very sad time."

Kate had emerged from the hospital smiling yesterday saying she was feeling "much better" after three days of treatment for a severe form of morning sickness.

The Duchess was admitted on Monday after developing a condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum, which leaves expectant mothers so ill they cannot keep food or liquids down.

But she had looked well and even smiled briefly as she posed with the Duke on the steps of the King Edward VII hospital for the world's media yesterday.

Jacintha was found at an address near the King Edward VII Hospital in London this morning.

The nurse was working at the hospital when she received a hoax call by two Australian radio DJs who impersonated the Queen and the Prince of Wales to dupe her into giving a condition update on Kate, who was suffering severe morning sickness at the private hospital.

This may explain about it better. This was in Naples during the war, when my father was in plain clothes pretending to be Italian as a spy.