Ronald Jones liked to tell the story about the ambassador who called Claridge’s during the Coronation and asked to speak “to the king”. The switchboard operator replied: “To which king, if you please, sir?”
Ronald Jones liked to tell the story about the ambassador who called Claridge’s during the Coronation and asked to speak “to the king”. The switchboard operator replied: “To which king, if you please, sir?”
There’s also the story of the exiled King of Norway during the war, who turned up to Broadcasting House for a broadcast. “Oh yes, sir. Just a moment, I’ll let them know you’re here,” says the commissionaire at the door and goes off to a phone at the desk. A few moments later, his hand over the mouthpiece, he shouts back, “Er… where did you say you were King of, sir?”
The Scumday Timers can stuff their lying anti-vaxer crap. The sooner all their fucking readers are in the obit column the better.