The pipers probably a quarter mile away on the lawn ,
up close and personal the pipes are loud , I used be able to hear the pipes from around a mile away in my old place when the band practised outside .
I like Harry ,he's put himself a little distance from the whole charade ,
Williams just another chip off the old block ,
They do say Harry is the army colonels son , forget his name now
The Paul Burrell exposé left some serious questions needing answering ,
with nobbers like Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris running around the house of Windsor ,
they were upto all kinds , it was well known the staff had orgiastic parties too ,
I think there was a few security alerts at the palace over the years where people gained access into private parts of Buckingham palace
A burgler named Fagan once shimmied up a drain pipe to arrive at the Queens bedside ,
luckily he had no intention to harm her and it all ended ok in the end .
There was some suggestion way back that the darker elements of Irish Republicanism were trying to infiltrate the House of Windsor , via the tradesmans entrance ,so to speak
There was a time here in Ireland where members of the armed forces and police constabulary had to take an oath of illegiance to the crown of England , that all ended 100 years ago in the south , in the north of Ireland I'm not sure if police officers are still required to swear under the crown any longer , Id imagine not as part of the good friday agreement and to try and replace the RUC which was predominantly from the unionist(also known as loyalist) community and attract people from the nationalist community into the job .
The queen did visit Ireland a few years before her death , I didnt feel the need to attend to bow down nor voice opposition against the visit , the people who were there to see her got to see her , any protestors were kept across the river a few hundred yards away ,
At least King Charlie got mumies abillities at public speaking , the grand old Duke was a bit of a loose cannon after all
They say Brian Boru was the last true Irish high king ,
The Normans arrived here around the same time , the Irish landscape is filled with the ruins of old towers castles and keeps , its a testament to the history , the land of a thousand Kings ,where presumably justice was handled locally , and capturing the the high bred females of your enemies clan and holding them hostage until they fell in love with you was the name of the game .
Just thought it was worth a mention, the Welsh for their troubles managed to hold onto many many fine castles that still stand to this day , their language was also preserved , an all together different outcome to Ireland in many ways .
