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Prince William was under fire again after it emerged that he had landed his £10million RAF helicopter in girlfriend Kate Middleton’s back garden during an official military exercise. Miss Middleton and her parents are said to have watched in delight as the second in line to the throne practised a series of take-offs and landings in the paddock of their sprawling detached home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, earlier this month.
Details of the two-hour stunt emerged just days after the prince was heavily criticised for using another Chinook to fly himself and his brother Harry to a stag weekend on the Isle of Wight.The revelations have raised questions about the way in which the RAF has allowed the prince to fit his “intensive” four-month training course around his social life. As well as his cousin’s stag do, William has had time off to go on a boozy boys-only surfing weekend in Cornwall and a week’s holiday ski-ing in the Swiss alps with his girlfriend.
The RAF has repeatedly refused requests by the Mail to confirm how much Wiliam’s attachment has cost taxpayers, arguing that it would take too much manpower to sit down and work the figures out.
Their toys are a tad more elaborate, but boys will be boys. I’m sure the British subjects will forgive this slight transgression.
Good for him — sounds like fun!
The prince’s entire time in the military is a waste of money. The entire monarchy is a waste of money unless you think they are a more revenue generating exhibit than a new disney park? Whats new?
I wonder how it would go for some guy from the South Bronx if he landed a Chinook in his girlfriend’s back yard.
This pampered boy needs a spanking. With a very bristley brush.
When are the people of England going to get sick of the Royals and finally send them packing. They are a bigger waste of money then the Iraq war, and that is saying something.
We won’t impeach war criminal presidents and vice presidents unless they get a bj.
The Prince didn’t kill anyone. Whose priorities are more screwed up?
Freeloaders, the lot of them!!
Pilots are required to get a certain number of hours flight time, and it does not really matter what they are doing so long as they don’t violate laws or regulations.
My only questions are: “Is he required to get those hours?” and “Did he violate any laws or regulations?”
gquaglia: When are the people of England going to get sick of the Royals and finally send them packing. They are a bigger waste of money then the Iraq war, and that is saying something.
I’ll make you deal, you elect a proper president and we’ll ditch our monarchy…. 😀
wait wait, if the British insist in having a human zoo to keep them entertained, then they should allow the zoo inhabitants to behave entertaining. This is what they’re supposed to do! If the royals were behaving sensibly, what would be the point to have them at all?
pj
What’s the point of being heir-to-the-throne if you can’t take one of your country’s helicopters on a join ride every once in a while? Make up your minds, Britain – are they royalty or aren’t they? If I owned a country, this would rank way down near the bottom of the outrageous stunts I pulled on a daily basis.
A few years ago there was a story in the papers of a young squaddie taking his tank home to “show his mum”. Other than a bent ear from his sergeant, he was not punished though I suspect steps were taken to ensure it did not happen again. I’m sure you can’t just take a chinook though without the connivance of the air force.
RAF doesn’t have the “Royal” in it for no reason, but the boys need learn not to show their wealth and power. If you check out how the British system is set up, the Queen can still send everybody else packing. I think they are still the richest family in the world (if the banker family has not overtaken them). Still, cool it down William.
#4 – When are the people of England going to get sick of the Royals and finally send them packing. They are a bigger waste of money then the Iraq war, and that is saying something.
Remember this day gquaglia… and remember it well… For it is on this day that I say, “gquaglia, I agree with you completely.”
This training exercise (some say abuse) is NOTHING compared to what I saw in Texas, about 75 miles from Fort Hood in ’73.
The biggest little whore house in Texas AKA the chicken ranch: Went to check it out with a friend for the experience at the world famous brothel. You might ask how we found the place, we asked a cop and he told us exactly how to find it including landmarks to ensure we didn’t get lost.
The ladies told us that it was common for helicopter pilots from Fort Hood to land out back for a piss and ???? break. The question came up when a chopper indeed landed out behind the house then took off about 30 minutes later.
Another time a world famous astronaut crashed a jet trainer near our base. As he was approaching for landing he ran OUT of fuel, and flamed out. He set the aircraft to fly straight and as level as possible then ejected. The astronaut came down right in front of base operations (the control tower) the plane continued for about 5 miles and crashed next to a creek, it had missed the one and only structure anywhere near the crash site by less than three feet. The elderly woman was still standing and looking at the crater next to her trailer home when myself and friends happened to drive by and were blocked by the pile of dirt from the crater in the road. The debris went down the creek bed for as far as we could see and the biggest piece was about the size of a football. We had arrived a few minutes before security police and the local sheriff. Heck of a training flight. This was of course covered up and I won’t divulge the name of the pilot because I can’t remember if it was officially classified or not.
Forget helicopters this guy is allowed to grow his own cannabis!! im serious hes even alowed to grown cocoa plant. it takes the fukin piss wen other people can get put in jail, taken away from their families, while this guy gets to grow his own shit. Hes even been caught smoking before!!
jus 1 of the main things that anger me about the drug laws here in the uk.