Wow, that was a bit of a surprise - of course, it was almost leaked out by one of the British newspapers, so the softening up approach was interrupted a bit. The biggest event for the British royals since Diana's death - and of course, all the old footage of her (Di) comes back on. One of the papers in Old Blighty says that Camilla isn't a Diana, well DUH - will Diana always loom over everything the royals do? For god's sake, she is eight years in the grave. The Daily Star is more along the lines I was thinking, Two Old Gits To Marry lol - well two old happy gits...
And the Australian republican debate starts up all over again here. Like if the republicans need the pitiful excuse of a divorcee crown prince marrying probably his lifetime love as a pretext for rearing their heads again, geez, I am rolling my eyes here. But then again I am a Kiwi and much more relaxed about the British monarch having an influence on my life (LOL they don't really, but the republicans would have you think otherwise).
And that story splashed all across the front page of the paper, the first seven minutes of the TV news (with the ads, just a twenty two minute broadcast) - and in other news, on page seven or after the break North Korea finally has admitted it has nukes. And won't talk to anyone about the issue for the forseeable future. Obviously a marginal story of interest LOL. So much for Dubya's ignoring of the problem, it hasn't gone away, and if the Koreans have said they have nukes, obviously they have enough not to worry about losing one or two - PM Howard here saying it's probably mostly bluff - hmmph. What's the range of the latest North Korean missile? Able to hit Honolulu is it? That's about the same as Darwin I would hazard a guess...
Hmm, on a (somewhat) lighter note - there was a riot at an Ikea store in London yesterday. Six thousand people turned up for forty five pound sofas and thirty pound beds (damn not having the pound sign on my keyboard LOL) and a riot ensued. Four people hospitalised and one person stabbed hmm, maybe it wasn't the lighter note I was looking for... although for people to blame the store hmm, Ikea didn't say have a riot, we'll supply the place, you supply the agro LOL...
Hmm, currently distracted by Strictly Dancing on ABC (the Australian one, remember) - just so umm entertaining, and the host with a white suit, silver tie and red shirt. And a Kiwi couple won the first round LOL - unlike Big Brother, Australian Idol or Survivor, I have NO chance of ever making it past the first round of auditions hehehe. Oh, that's something - did I mention that the auditions for the next series of Big Brother were during the time I was in New Zealand - a conspiracy to keep me out I am sure LOL.
Later peeps
Pauly
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