EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Rishi's pre-briefing of the King about his General Election plans contrasts with Ted Heath in 1974, who called a snap election when the Queen was 11,500 miles away.
Rishi's pre-briefing of the King about his General Election plans contrasts with Ted Heath in 1974, who called a snap election when the Queen was 11,500 miles away in New Zealand .
Her Majesty had to issue urgent Letters Patent allowing her counsellors, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, to do just that and then cut short her visit and return to London.
That would have incensed Prince Andrew. The late Queen once tried to limit the number of royals in carriages and cars at ceremonial events and invested in mini buses.She pandered to his pride. One suspects that nowadays he might struggle to get the job of following-on with a bucket and shovel.
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