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Corgi and Bess: More Wit and Wisdom from the House of Windsor
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #171898 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-02
- Binding: Hardcover
- 144 pages
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Synopsis
Following the success of "You Look Awfully Like the Queen", this is a second anthology of hilarious and touching royal anecdotes, collected by Thomas Blaikie. An unfortunate culture clash occurred when a Geordie councillor was invited to one of the Queen's informal lunches. As is the old-fashioned custom there were two puddings. The Queen enquired, 'Would you like cake or meringue?' 'No, y'er not wrang, Your Majesty,' the Councillor replied. 'I'll have the cake.' On a Royal visit to St. Albans Abbey in January 2006, the Duchess of Cornwall spied a ladder in a corner and attempted to make an unscheduled ascent. 'Not in those shoes,' her lady-in-waiting said firmly, bringing the runaway Duchess back into line. 'It's for my nanny,' Prince Harry thoughtfully explained to a somewhat wide-eyed assistant at Selfridges as she popped his purchase into a bag. It was a maribou-trimmed thong. The Royal Family has been a source of curiosity and amusement for centuries, and in this delightful little book, Thomas Blaikie takes a second fond look at the UK's first family.
