A ritual that pleases conservationists and annoys the birds
, the Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, has many grand titles, some sensible and plenty not. He is Head of the Armed Forces and the Defender of the Faith. He is Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and Chieftain of the Braemar Gathering.
This is not yet the great, grey Thames that slides through London but the gentler, greener river that flows towards it. A few miles upstream, punts take to the water in Oxford; a few miles downstream is the house that is said to have inspired Toad Hall. Here, there is sun on the water and wind in the willows.
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