Harry and Meghan

Yeah, he got a B in art and a D in geography. I don't think he was much of a student but to be able to fly Apache gunships requires a good degree of intelligence to collate the information coming from the instruments, control feedback, and visual cues is incredibly difficult, especially as you've got one eye looking at one screen in your helmet and flying with the other eye.   I have a friend who's daughter is flying military helicopters and it is not easy. 

Today for the first time, I jokingly threatened someone that if something didn't get done immediately, I'd go "full Meghan" on them, which elicited a laugh.

If this last year has taught us anything, it’s to tread carefully when it comes to racism and mental health. Not our Piers though. He talks about free speech and die on that hill rubbish - we are not talking about oppressed people, dictatorships etc, but some nob with previous. Perhaps he’s feeling outdone by Fox.

I believe with good actors, you can't tell. I'm led to believe that as an actor, she's a great electrician.

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As already said, if she can say with a straight face that they got married a few days before the real wedding (a comment that of course went entirely unchallenged), then "potentially" everything else she said was utter shyte too. 

I see there is a Twitter campaign to make them be interviewed by Andrew Neil. Now that would be worth watching. Never happen of course. 

Yeah but no. Go watch Maradona dominate the '86 world cup with his intelligence to read the game, collate information from across the field, pick up on small visual cues. etc. He had a skill and a type of intelligence, but I wouldn't want him filing my tax return. Same with Harry. He's sharp enough to fly an apache but that does not mean he is well placed to tune into the psychology of a b-list social-climbing actress with a penchant for using people and dropping them when they've served their purpose. In this context my Labrador would do at least as well as Harry.

Yes, I read a good book about a guy from a council estate in Middlesbrough who signed up for Apache training when the army was recruiting and became a top pilot in Afghanistan. His account of the training and the permanent headaches was very good. By the time he qualified he could read two books at once, one in his left hand with his left eye and one in his right with his other eye.

He didn’t have any qualifications. He was in the army as a regular soldier. He was training for Special Forces but got badly injured in a car crash so couldn’t go through Selection. The army had ordered 80 odd Apaches and realised they needed to increase their pilot intake so he got in that way.

Sorry, I was referring to Ed Macy M.C,  a guy from Middlesbrough, who got into the Army Air Corp despite having no qualifications.

I've just bought the kindle book based on that recommendation. No pressure then....

Don't be saying that in the tweeterverse - you'll get a big smack with the naughty stick! 

I assume others have received / seen this:

On March 29 1941- almost 80 years ago- a young naval officer was in charge of the spotters on board HMS Valiant, a great battleship in the Royal Navy. Their targets were 3 capital ships from the Italian navy- they had received information from the code breaking geniuses at Bletchley Park. The search was on. In the darkness above the horizon the young officer noticed what appeared to be metal turrets reflecting off the searchlights of the Valiant. He had spotted the enemy and battle commenced. The battle of Cape Matapan was underway. In a fierce engagement 2 Italian capital ships were sunk. The young officer was mentioned in dispatches and commended for bravery. That young officer was a 19 year old Philippos Andreou of Schleswig Holstein- Sonderberg- Glucksberg, Prince of Greece and Denmark. The World knows him today as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth.
He will turn 100 in June. He didn’t step down from active royal duties until his late 90s- a total legend!

Five months before her future husband was engaged in a life and death struggle off the coast of Greece, a young Princess Elizabeth, aged 14, gave her first broadcast to the commonwealth of nations loyal to the great cause and specifically the children. At that time Britain stood alone- a seemingly hopeless cause. Churchill’s greatness and leadership will be remembered as long as history is faithfully told. He was supported at all times by King George and his indomitable wife Queen Elizabeth ( the Queen Mother). Both the King and his wife flatly refused to leave London- their daughters would stay with them as well. Buckingham Palace itself was very badly damaged in a bombing raid- the Queen said it “allowed her to look the East End proudly in the face”.
The young Princess finished her address as follows:
“ We know everyone of us, that in the end all will be well: for God will care for us and give us victory and peace. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.
My sister is by my side and we are both going to say goodnight to you.
Come on Margaret.
Goodnight children”

From that day in October 1940 the Queen has led a life of total service and sacrifice.
She presides over the commonwealth of nations, comprised of 54 countries with a population of 2.5 billion people. Her commitment to this organisation has had the most profound effect on the wellbeing of these people. Most of these are people of colour. It could well be argued that under her stewardship no family on Earth has done more to improve the lives of people of colour.

This week we have witnessed the slick narcissism of a moderately successful Hollywood actress and her mesmerised and dominated husband perform an act of pure spite and self promotion. Not satisfied with their lot in life, a life of almost unimaginable privilege and wealth they go on worldwide TV in a futile attempt to discredit the monarchy and by extension the aged and great couple who lead the family. Predictably the race card is played: all the usual charlatans in the media and left wing politics jump on the bandwagon- even the wretched Hillary Clinton reared her awful head!
Their pathetic attempt is doomed to failure. On the day this piece of utter guff was released the Royal family were out doing what they do: visiting hospitals, workers, sick children and various other deserving causes. The British people in their wisdom will have scant patience being lectured to by a couple of entitled and misguided morons who in their spite and cruelty have exposed themselves as appalling spoilt brats.

The great Duke is spending his 4th week in hospital having undergone heart surgery. We wish him well.

The nation will never forget the debt we owe to the greatest generation. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are one of the last links we still have. Our gratitude doth overflow!

Sent to me by a friend.

Nothing wrong with patriotism and they have served in the fashion they saw needed to be done. Not all as black and white as in the note though and there is a certain amount of Mafia about the RF too.