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No More Pink Flamingos at Buckingham Palace?
Posted on December 1, 2003 in Folly Watch Scoundrels
I don’t have a lot of sympathy where the British Royal Family is concerned — think of all the money they have made off their investments including the opium trade and the dole they’ve lived off at the expense of the British people — but this report stands as yet another example of our Resident’s apparent contempt for our allies:
The rotors of the President’s Marine Force One helicopter and two support Black Hawks damaged trees and shrubs that had survived since Queen Victoria’s reign.
And Bush’s army of clod-hopping security service men trampled more precious and exotic plants.
The Queen’s own flock of flamingoes, which security staff insisted should be moved in case they flew into the helicopter rotors, are thought to be so traumatised after being taken to a “place of safety” that they might never return home.
The historic fabric of the Palace was also damaged as high-tech links were fitted for the US leader and his entourage during his three-day stay with the Queen.
The Palace’s head gardener, Mark Lane, was reported to be in tears when he saw the scale of the damage.
If I were Elizabeth 2, I wouldn’t invite this boor back to my house.
