Buck house

• Brian Dixon

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  4 May 2017     06:42327758
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  senior aides have called a emergency meeting at the above,all staff have been summond to attend at buck house.staff those from balmoral ,Norfolk and Windsor.
  
  https://au.be.yahoo.com/lifestyle/real-life/a/35284461/internet-goes-into-meltdown-as-buckingham-palace-calls-an-emergency-meeting-yahoo7-be/#page1
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
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  4 May 2017     07:48327759
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  And here's the Mail's take on it:-
  
  http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-queen-calls-emergency-meeting-of-senior-royal-staff-sparking-speculation-of-a-major-announcement-a3530036.html
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Captain Haddock

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  4 May 2017     07:50327760
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  While the French get a bit ahead of themselves:-
  
  http://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/dukeofedinburgh/breaking-french-media-reporting-prince-philip-has-died-at-the-age-of-95-81635
  
  With denials from Buck House:-
  
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11850144
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Captain Haddock

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  4 May 2017     10:38327777
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  Breaking News - 95 year old man retires.
  howard mcsweeney1 likes this
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Button

  • Location: Dover
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  4 May 2017     15:19327788
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  Damn, I thought he might go on the UK's Brexit negotiating team.
  (Not my real name.)
• howard mcsweeney1

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  4 May 2017     15:40327789
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  He has certainly left a legacy, not many would have got away with these.
  
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/04/prince-philip-most-famous-comments-and-clangers
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
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  4 May 2017     16:07327791
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  Fortunately there is a younger generation in people like Boris (and indeed myself in my own tiny way) who will continue to try to wind the bien pensants up with the occasional bon mot!
  
  Well done Sir and a happy retirement.
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson