Comments on: Royal hypocrisy

By: Robyn Cardy

Robyn Cardy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:07:04 +0000

Why has nobody commented on the absolutely great good fun photo of HRH that accompanies this blog? Love the socks, love the cane (does he need it or is it a Scotland-themed prop?), love the mug shot, love how Camilla seems to be getting a kick out of him too. Hi Robyn-- Looks like HRH us suffering a little dyspepsia from his diet of chocolate and biscuits. Cheers-- MRE�

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:53:40 +0000

Oh, leave him alone. Why should it be headline news what he says? Duchy Originals is good quality – if mostly only suitable for occasional treats. Just as with McDonalds there are low carb choices in the range, e.g. a delicious celeriac soup which I have had on several occasions!

The thing about McDonalds is not that one can’t choose a low-carb option, but that most people don’t.

HRH’s main point is about connection with the methods of production, farming, animal welfare and the environment, and on that I think he is right. (Not when it comes to architecture or nanotechnology though…)

Hi Kate–

You wrote

Why should it be headline news what he says? Duchy Originals is good quality – if mostly only suitable for occasional treats. Just as with McDonalds there are low carb choices in the range, e.g. a delicious celeriac soup which I have had on several occasions!

Which is my point precisely.� It’s the choices one makes, not the company that provides the choices.� HRH shouldn’t have shot off his mouth about someone else’s junk food when he’s promoting his own.

Cheers–

MRE�

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:27:47 +0000

This isn’t the first tine HRH has put his foot in his mouth and I am sure it won’t be the last!

By: simon fellows

simon fellows — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:53:43 +0000

Sir a book a few yrs ago by Giles Brandreth about Liz n Phil (and they were interviewed extensively by GB) stated unequivocally how ostentatiously they feel Chuck lives.
Now can one imagine if they feel like that.
He’s a phuqing idiot of the highest order..prattles on about the environment and yet flies a few weeks ago to NYC with a party of 17 i think it was to receive an award for Environmentalism.
Same with Gore..if they really meant what they said..truly deeply they would simply not go and give their reason by video linkage or what have you.
I’m all for the Royals but they should each get a little house in the country and a salary of say 60k a year and that’d be their lot.
I know fat tailed power laws explains how and why things like this happen in systems but the moral questions of a man having so much simply by birth are in no small ways answered by FTPL’s.

Hi Simon–

Agreed.

MRE

By: Neil Wilkinson

Neil Wilkinson — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:02:05 +0000

He’s well meaning but in reality he’s from another planet and spouts too much woo!
Mind you, I wouldn’t swop positions with him.