Royal Visit

Dry Run · 12 February 2015, 13:10

Nice to see Sir Ben Ainslie, Sir Keith Mills and the Duchess of Cambridge Visiting us here at The Camber today! We hope to be welcoming Ben's new Scorpion to the Dry Stack soon.

Maximus · 12 February 2015, 14:16

Well...The Dutchess anyway!

Ovey · 12 February 2015, 15:20

Can you smell fish, ma'am?

Huib1965 · 12 February 2015, 18:10

I hope you behaved?

HughN · 12 February 2015, 21:04

An ex colleague who spent many years in the RAF told me that for each Royal visit to an airbase a toilet would be built / rebuilt for the exclusive use of the royal visitor. Each sheet of toilet paper was discreetly numbered sequentially with a pencil and a sweepstake held...

Dry Run · 12 February 2015, 21:18

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Originally Posted by Huib1965

I hope you behaved?

I did. It was certainly a lot more successful than the last time I met royalty. At age 10 I was at a show jumping event and being bored my brother and I decided to play catch with a tennis ball. He threw it !ong and I went to catch it. As I threw my hand up to catch it, I inadvertantly punched Princess Anne in the face! My only claim to fame.

MustRib · 12 February 2015, 22:24

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Originally Posted by HughN

An ex colleague who spent many years in the RAF told me that for each Royal visit to an airbase a toilet would be built / rebuilt for the exclusive use of the royal visitor. Each sheet of toilet paper was discreetly numbered sequentially with a pencil and a sweepstake held...

There is some truth in this. A few years ago, I was at the Newport Centre in Wales,
the day after the Queen had been to deliver a speech there.
The centre manager told me that a few hours before her arrival a
man showed up with a toilet seat, unbolted the seat in the centre manager's
toilet and affixed said royal toilet seat in its place.
After the queen departed he showed up within minutes and unbolted the
royal seat and reaffixed the centre manager's. Cant vouch for the toilet paper
supply, but am sure that was also handled the same way.
(crap... thats knackered my chance of a knighthood!

)

Bigmuz7 · 12 February 2015, 22:31

They'll also be wise to a good betting jape too, now,

can't you boys keep 'any' secrets ?

Rogue Wave · 13 February 2015, 03:13

[QUOTE=Dry Run;666892 I inadvertantly punched Princess Anne in the face! My only claim to fame.[/QUOTE]

That explains her looks then

MustRib · 13 February 2015, 11:34

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Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

That explains her looks then

thats Stu off the New Years honours list as well then !

Dry Run · 13 February 2015, 12:15

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Originally Posted by MustRib

thats Stu off the New Years honours list as well then !

To be fair, I don't think he or I were ever really going to be on it!