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Harry will not be allowed to serve in Royal Family

Harry’s inclusion would represent a ’significantly increased risk’ to the future and respectability of the monarchy.

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Posted: May 21st, 2009
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Visting president failed to notice flags on route

A visiting head of state being driven to Buckingham Palace this week failed to notice the enormous trouble and expense that Britain had gone to in lining the entire length of the Mall with his country’s national flag.

President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana arrived in London on Wednesday and was driven straight to a royal reception. But the official driver charged with whisking him to Buckingham Palace said the President completely failed to look out of the window, despite several hints from the driver’s seat. ‘He was reading the instructions for the new watch he got at the airport’ said Ken Smithson, the official chauffer who drove him to meet the Queen.

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Posted: Mar 9th, 2007
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