Month: July 2011
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Windsors Share Blame With Earthquake for Economic Setback
The public holiday for the Windsor/Middleton wedding, together with the effects of the Japanese earthquake, knocked 0.5 per cent off the growth in the economy in the first quarter, according to the Financial Times. The wedding day was declared a public holiday in a move by the Windsor clan and its supporters to boost support…
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Next Head of State a “Snake-Oil Salesman”
Charles Windsor, who is to be Britain’s next hereditary head of state is a “snake-oil salesman” according medical expert Edzard Ernst. The professor was referring to Mr. Windsor’s support for alternative medicine. Professor Ernst also described “herbal detox tinctures” sold under Windsor’s “Duchy Originals” brand as “Dodgy Originals”. Such outspoken public criticism of a member…
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News of the World Scandal: London Police Showed Bias for Windsors
Resigning as Metropolitan Police Commissioner as a result of the New of the World scandal, Paul Stephenson cited the recent Middleton/Windsor wedding as an example of outstanding policing. “You have seen the Met at its glorious and unobtrusive best on the occasion of the wedding” he said. Prior to the wedding one of Mr. Stephenson’s…
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Loyalist Riots Show Support for Windsor Favour
One of the new titles given to William Windsor when he married Kate Middleton was Baron Carrickfergus. This was considered an offensive title by some Irish people who knew that the town of Carrickfergus was where King William III of England began his Protestant conquest of Ireland in 1689. Britain also used an historic castle…