Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera lives on with the announcement today that Prince Charles is to be made Field Marshall, Admiral of the Fleet and Marshall of The Royal Airforce - the highest military ranks.
The luvvies are doing their best to see who can be the most self-deprecating about their 'Honours'... the BBC reports
The British Empire Medal makes a come back.
Reblogged from National Post | News:
Queen Victoria's musing on the week, as imagined by Tristin Hopper.
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So it’s 60 years for Elizabeth, is it? Big deal. Try hanging in for the full six-oh without indoor plumbing and central heating — and with an actual empire to run.
At my Diamond Jubilee, I didn’t even leave my carriage. No way you’d catch me standing on some tacky barge for an afternoon to be gawked at like a circus bear.
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