Posted 3:43 AM by Paul
Prince Charles

Weird times. Prince Charles' PR machine has issued a statement dimissing as ludicrous and risible allegations we are not allowed to hear.

Well - not allowed unless you have access to the internet or can read an Italian newspaper. Lots of blather about "the constitutional implications" but for most people the whole story is an entertainment. The tabloids are running it in exactly the same way as a story about a bi-sexual coke snorting soap star. It is a "how are the mightly fallen" tale with the added spice of Princess Dianna's influence from beyond the grave. Circulation will rise and advertising rates for a full page strategically placed in the middle of a 8 page royal splash will go through the roof.

It's a sorry tale and it seems that his people have learnt nothing.

Two tips from a republican socialist in Peckham

- If you dismiss an allegation as ludicrous and risible people will be inclined to believe you are hiding something. Righteous indignation no longer works. Remember Blair's scoffing claim that the idea that Saddam Hussien had no Weapons of Mass Destruction was palpably absurd.

- Don't pay people hush money. Greed is never satisfied.

A strange postscript of all this was the revelation that Prince Charles' valet was on a salary of £100,000 a year for squeezing his toothpaste and choosing is clothes. This is the same man who was caught selling unwanted royal gifts. So the man wasn't exactly poverty stricken as was earlier claimed in his defence.

P.S Announcing that he had a gay interlude may do wonders for the Prince's popularity