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Article: Why we can't resist a little dice with death
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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THERE ARE certain oppressed minorities that most of us don't rush
to defend and among them, it has to be said, are the Royal Family.
Charles: I'm sorry, but ghastly. Whiney, pompous eco-warrior, the
kind of man, you can't help thinking, more likely to weep over a
soggy fried egg than the slow frying of the planet. Andrew: wannabe
action-man-playboy and now self-appointed "business ambassador",
whose tax-funded jaunts to tell the world how to make money (short
answer: be the son of one of the richest women in the world) are
such appalling value that reports about them have to be suppressed.
Edward: oh, dear, Edward. You almost don't want to go there. Only
Anne seems quite a good sport. But ...