THE PRINCE CHARLES GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Talking of bloopers, the son of “King Blooper” (that’s The Duke of Edinburgh to the rest of us) has got his journals back. With seven of his travel diaries leaked to the press, it looked like Prince Charles was in for a pretty rocky future when it came to international relations. However, Justice Blackburne has ordered that no further details can be published by the press and that all entries must be returned to the roving monarch. With such descriptions as the “Great Chinese Takeaway” (the hand over of Hong Kong to China) and his derision of club class travel (the only affordable mode of flight transport for the majority of people) the public have missed out on some rib tickling howlers. If Charles is as open with the pen as his dad is with his mouth, I suspect it would be better if the journals were actually burnt rather than hidden away from the prying public eye.