Tenuous, nostalgic royal connection.
I remember well the day XXKing CharlesXX was was born! EDIT: It must have been his sister, Anne. She was born in the month of August, he in October. We would NEVER have been on holiday, in a Rothesay October.....
My pal & I, mere youngsters, were on holiday in Rothesay (Scotland - not one of the other ones). We were racing each other in the bay, rowing hired little one-man skiffs: Made our way out to 'inspect' and poke our oars at the submarines lying alongside the depot ship 'Montcalm'. It had been a permanent fixture there for many months. Just after we set out to head back towards shore, suddenly there were whistles blowing and some commotion on the ship. Sailors poured out on deck and lined up in a formation. We thought it was great fun to gesture, yell and jeer at them from our little boats. Then the gun turrets swung round in our direction and BLAM - a full broadside!!!. Blanks of course but the shock almost knocked us into the water. Charlie - EDIT: Princess Anne - had been born - and that's my whole connection to the royal family.
My pal & I, mere youngsters, were on holiday in Rothesay (Scotland - not one of the other ones). We were racing each other in the bay, rowing hired little one-man skiffs: Made our way out to 'inspect' and poke our oars at the submarines lying alongside the depot ship 'Montcalm'. It had been a permanent fixture there for many months. Just after we set out to head back towards shore, suddenly there were whistles blowing and some commotion on the ship. Sailors poured out on deck and lined up in a formation. We thought it was great fun to gesture, yell and jeer at them from our little boats. Then the gun turrets swung round in our direction and BLAM - a full broadside!!!. Blanks of course but the shock almost knocked us into the water. Charlie - EDIT: Princess Anne - had been born - and that's my whole connection to the royal family.
