Posted by Susan T on October 28, 2009, 11:43 am, in reply to "Re: Another gaffe from DoE" Link: Prince Philip in royal mess over Patel joke
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: I think he's just a hoot. The media can
: create a huff about his un-PC behaviour, but
: the dear man isn't going to change.
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: I know--and the funny thing is that most of
: the people *to whom* he makes the remarks
: just take it as a joke--as it seems he means
: them to be. It's only when the pres starts
: twisting and turning the words and taking
: them out of context that it seems to get
: bad. Of course, most of us wouldn't dream of
: saying what he says!
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There have been times when he's said things that have made we wince or cringe, but I'm really at a loss to understand the media's uproar about this one. If the Palace held a reception for noted Welshmen and the same remark was made to Tom Jones, would the media still have gotten their collective knickers in a twist? It's the sort of thing that people with common last names have frequently heard or been asked (Are you all related?)
Here's another article from the Times of India. It appears that a "campaign group committed to abolishing the monarchy" called Republic, is using this incident to further its own ageneda. And, ironoy of ironies, its spokeman is surnamed Smith.
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