Not Saturday

[poliphilo]

I keep having to remind myself  today isn't Saturday- only pretending to be.

For a couple of years after they  gated the alleyway at the back of the house nobody used it. Now- with all this lovely spring weather- there are gangs of very small children running up and down it all day long. They are loud, but their mothers are louder.  I met a gang of them today. "Who are you?" one of them asked.  I told him and asked back. They ran through a string of names, then repeated it- only this time assigning them differently- so that Wainwright was now Jack and Jack was  Peter and Peter was Wainwright,

Talking about kids, did you notice the very small and very grumpy bridesmaid on the balcony of Buckingham Palace who covered her ears when the WWII aeroplanes flew over ?

Comments

[loxian.livejournal.com]

Deleted my comment below because it was in the wrong place. You're right, he's very low key and non-military. I was intrigued to see the girl because she has been absent from the public eye since she was born, but that would fit in with their style.

[unbleachedbrun.livejournal.com]

I was intrigued to see HRH The Earl in a military uniform at the wedding. Didn't he drop out of the Royal Marines during basic training?

[loxian.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sure he did. But maybe he then did some less demanding military thing? Or he gets an honorary uniform?

[ooxc.livejournal.com]

He's the Royal Honorary Colonel of The London Regiment - and Princess Anne is also a Colonel - , but you don't often see either of them in uniform

[ooxc.livejournal.com]

Yes - didn't they refuse the Princess title for both of their children - as did Princess Anne?