13th September A right Royal redefining

The new Royal spot the odd one out competition

It is a question everyone is wanting to ask but no one dares for fear of ending up with their head on a spike in the Tower of London. Yet Barry Hawkins of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire is determined to use his right to free speech.

In an exclusive with Grace Under Pressure, Mr Hawkins asked the unaskable when he questioned, "How is it that in the words of our new King Charles III, if he will be taking on 'such a burden', that both his parents lived well into their 90's and his grandmother made it to the full century. Hardly cut off in their prime were they despite 'the burden' they all carried. Well all apart from his first wife that is. She was certainly cut off."

"I mean meeting Boris Johnson once a week for three years would seem to be enough to drive anyone into an early grave but the evidence seems to contradict that. And being able to sleep in a different palace or big house every day of the week is hardly the same as struggling to pay your council tax or inheritance tax for that matter?. I've not heard Nicholas Witchell mention that once during the 24/7 coverage of events."

"Neither is having an army of servants to do literally everything for you or having as many horses to pet as you'd like and isn't listed in many top 10 stress factors in life. I don't know whether waving a lot is a burdon but I suspect its not as bad as working down a mine or havign a zero hours contract."

"I suppose having a member of the family who likes underage teenage girls can raise the blood pressure a bit but it appears he still comes in useful looking after the corgis after one has popped ones cloggs doesn't he. Then there's all those foreign holidays that appear to be more all inclusive than the best 5 star package found on Trip Advisor." 

"I mean I dont want to be the one distrubing this mass grief hysteria but is there a catch that I am missing somwehere or has the word burdon been redefined recently?"


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