“To a woman solicitor, “I thought it was against the law to solicit.””
Everyone would have that joke running in their mind. Being 95 and a celebrity means you don’t give a fuck and say it out loud.
Bloke In Italy
9 years ago
He’s the last survivor in public life to have fought the Nazis.
He’s allowed a few off colour remarks.
MC
9 years ago
Worth reading the comments to remind yourself what a bunch of humourless cunts the Lefty Mail’s readers are.
All the talk of deference; they just can’t get over that people might have genuine affection and for someone in his position.
Edward Lud
9 years ago
Most of the Royals, as personalities, I can take or leave, but him I’ve always had a soft spot for, since at least the late 80s when the usual crowd jumped on him for, I think, talking about Chinese people having slitty eyes. He’s a curmudgeonly, irascible old codger but he’s our C. I. C.
Bernie G.
9 years ago
… an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.
I would have thought the old boy was roguish charm personified.
Fred
9 years ago
When I saw the article I knew this response was coming. Perhaps I spend too much time reading your site. Carry on though!
Jonathan
9 years ago
“He’s the last survivor in public life to have fought the Nazis.”
His views would have been seen as normal and reasonable to the majority of the men who fought the nazis. Nowadays they’d get you classified as one.
The Meissen Bison
9 years ago
Such is his wit, apparently, that countless collections of his brilliant aperçus and stunning one-liners have been published.
Deliciously withering.
Pure Guardian with its effortless superiority, its condescending use of “apparently” and flagrant intellectual snobbery with “aperçus”.
PF
9 years ago
Lud
Most of the Royals, as personalities, I can take or leave,
Harry might have potential.
Edward Lud
9 years ago
PF, I wouldve agreed till recently. Then he suddenly started showing signs of piety and zeal. Of the type manifested only by very wealthy people with too much time on their hands.
Royal “we”?
“To a woman solicitor, “I thought it was against the law to solicit.””
Everyone would have that joke running in their mind. Being 95 and a celebrity means you don’t give a fuck and say it out loud.
He’s the last survivor in public life to have fought the Nazis.
He’s allowed a few off colour remarks.
Worth reading the comments to remind yourself what a bunch of humourless cunts the Lefty Mail’s readers are.
All the talk of deference; they just can’t get over that people might have genuine affection and for someone in his position.
Most of the Royals, as personalities, I can take or leave, but him I’ve always had a soft spot for, since at least the late 80s when the usual crowd jumped on him for, I think, talking about Chinese people having slitty eyes. He’s a curmudgeonly, irascible old codger but he’s our C. I. C.
… an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.
I would have thought the old boy was roguish charm personified.
When I saw the article I knew this response was coming. Perhaps I spend too much time reading your site. Carry on though!
“He’s the last survivor in public life to have fought the Nazis.”
His views would have been seen as normal and reasonable to the majority of the men who fought the nazis. Nowadays they’d get you classified as one.
Such is his wit, apparently, that countless collections of his brilliant aperçus and stunning one-liners have been published.
Deliciously withering.
Pure Guardian with its effortless superiority, its condescending use of “apparently” and flagrant intellectual snobbery with “aperçus”.
Lud
Harry might have potential.
PF, I wouldve agreed till recently. Then he suddenly started showing signs of piety and zeal. Of the type manifested only by very wealthy people with too much time on their hands.