Maybe We'll Do In A Squirrel Or Two

[anarchist_nomad]

On my way to work this morning, I encountered an entourage of royals in the park. At least I assume they were royals; all the pieces seem to fit:

• The park in question was Kensington Gardens, adjacent to Kensington Palace.
  
• The entourage was dressed in very posh clothing, riding in two extremely lavish horse-drawn carriages.
  
• Said party had an escort of four cops, two on horseback and two on motorcycle.

As they say, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

I had to pause in my journey until they had passed and the path was clear to cross once again. I had to be careful in my crossing, however. When the royals had moved on, there was a pile of shit in the road, left behind as witness to their regal presence.

Need I say more?

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Were they the only ones not covered in shit?

Did they have chins? It's only royal if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and has no chin (unless it's a Habsburg duck in which case it has a very large chin! :o)

Okay, so I'm in a silly mood, already!

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Didn't they make it illegal to be a Hapsburg? I thought that happened nearly a hundred years ago! :-D

(You're not the only one who can be silly today! *grin*)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Not as such- they only banned them from being monarchs. Otto Von Habsburg was a highly successful MEP for many years so folk in his Austrian constituency must have liked him well enough to keep voting for him.

Dunno if he had a big chin though...........

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Not allowed to be a monarch?? Why... that's simply so undemocratic! They should have just as much right to be a monarch as everyone else! ;-D

I suppose, however, it is fair to say that they took it on the chin...