tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post110078021664988099..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: What the Queen could teach the ObamasDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-1658150174931834122011-05-23T23:06:47.008+01:002011-05-23T23:06:47.008+01:00Now, if they'd only got out and pushed.....
h...Now, if they'd only got out and pushed.....<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13507728office pesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516888180507856752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-28017778675195084172011-05-23T15:49:34.423+01:002011-05-23T15:49:34.423+01:00An ex-copper mate of mine was on duty when the Que...An ex-copper mate of mine was on duty when the Queen visited Richmond to open some building back in the 80s and he told me every public toilet on the route was closed and cleaned just in case Her Majesty got caught short on the way.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-63023209131378422802011-05-23T15:18:26.663+01:002011-05-23T15:18:26.663+01:00I saw Obama when I was in New York recently. I say...I saw Obama when I was in New York recently. I say 'saw'. The road was closed off on both sides, with police cars blocking every conceivable access to the road by Grand Union Station, an entourage of at least 50 different cars came by, with his armoured, blacked out tank somehwere in the middle. We saw a silhoutte of someone waving. And then he was gone. <br /><br />Like you I saw the Queen, being driven down The Mall in a big car where she could be seen quite clearly reading The Daily Mail. <br /><br />She looked up and waved and smiled occasionally, but while stuck in traffic - no escort here - she was quite prepared to bury herself in her paper. <br /><br />Americans are SO dramatic.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-42309202564709956322011-05-23T09:07:04.221+01:002011-05-23T09:07:04.221+01:00I saw the King and Queen of Spain playing host to...I saw the King and Queen of Spain playing host to President and then just Mrs Clinton in Granada. The royals arrived, wavily through the transparent windows, in a blue Merc - only one model up from a standard Spanish taxi. A flotilla of black-windowed SUVs then rolled, out of which piled at least a dozen Secret Service men speaking urgently into their lapels. <br /><br />It wasn't impressive or statesmanlike; it was overblown and ridiculous. The crowd were, literally, shaking their heads in amazement. It was particularly as, in those halcyon pre-9/11 days, the potential for an ETA attempt on the King's life was a far clearer and more present danger than that of any Spanish grassy-knoll-dweller hoping to have a crack at the Clintons. <br /><br />After their visit (which was "private") was over, it was revealed for a full week beforehand the FBI had requested and been given a special dispensation from the Spanish Interior Ministry to scour all the sewers running beneath the motorcade route. Just in case, like.Archie_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582569974503175543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-60639559956587026812011-05-23T08:21:55.574+01:002011-05-23T08:21:55.574+01:00Bet she's a subscriber and knows you from the ...Bet she's a subscriber and knows you from the magazine. I'm off to the Word website to see if I can decipher her code name.Lucas Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307807104038473162noreply@blogger.com