What ho, oiks!
Honestly, what a lot of rot is being written about HRH Prince Andrew over this Wikileaks nonsense. Is HRH supposed to be ashamed for taking a pop at the Frogs and the do-gooding busybodies who nearly killed our trade relationship with the Saudis? The man comes out of it as a bloody hero in my eyes. Consider this:
He railed at British anticorruption investigators, who had had the 'idiocy' of almost scuttling the al-Yamama deal with Saudi Arabia... His mother's subjects seated around the table roared their approval. He then went on to 'these (expletive) journalists, especially from the National [sic] Guardian, who poke their noses everywhere' and (presumably) make it harder for British businessmen to do business. The crowd practically clapped."
Prince Andrew is spot on. I can well imagine the uptight American bitch wrinkling her nose in disapproval at encountering such unabashed British patriotism, but really, chaps, that's her bloody problem.
And then this:
"He reacted with almost neuralgic patriotism whenever any comparison between the US and UK came up. For example, one British businessman noted that despite the 'overwhelming might of the American economy compared to ours' the amount of American and British investment in Kyrgyzstan was similar. Snapped the duke: 'No surprise there. The Americans don't understand geography. Never have. In the UK, we have the best geography teachers in the world!'"
Damn right! The finest geography teachers in the world, and don't you forget it, you sour Yankee shrew!
Yours, etc
Viscount Crouchback
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