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... that 4 year old Prince Charles took photographs from a 9ft tall ladder? Source: "I resorted to firing off a number of action shots with a camera. At the sight of this Prince Charles perked up. "What are you doing?" he asked. I told him, whereupon his immediate response was, "Can I come up there and take one of you?" "Of course," I replied, absently not dreaming that he meant it ... "Just look a little mon,. to the left and keep like that." I reeled off more shots. Finally I told him the ordeal was over and thanked him for posing. His instant reply was: "Well, can I come up now and take a picture of you?" I looked anxiously at Nurse Lightbody-Nurse Lightbody looked uneasily at me. "Well, as you've promised ..." Together we hoisted the Heir Apparent up the ladder. The 9 foot structure now seemed horribly high, and I had visions of a body hurtling to the ground, the royal neck broken and myself under guard, being frogmarched to the Tower. The Prince had no such misgivings. Impatiently, he waited while I hung the strap around his neck and explained the camera's workings, then, waving an imperious hand in my direction, he ordered: "Now you go down there and be Prince Charles." Somewhat startled by this suggested reversal of our roles, I hurriedly complied, smiling bravely up at him from the gallery. The camera clicked and the deed was done" (
"The Coronation Painting", 29 October 1977, The Illustrated London News)
ALT4:... that there are dragons in Buckingham Palace? Source: "The fantastically elaborate marble mantelpiece which came from the Saloon, is of white marble bordered by ormolu. Its frieze, decorated with two dragon headed serpents centering upon a sunflower is supported by steel columns up which two winged ormolu dragons climb" (Clifford Smith, Harold (1931). Buckingham Palace: Its Furniture, Decoration & History London: Country Life, pg 223.)
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... that 4 year old Prince Charles took photographs from a 9ft tall ladder? Source: "I resorted to firing off a number of action shots with a camera. At the sight of this Prince Charles perked up. "What are you doing?" he asked. I told him, whereupon his immediate response was, "Can I come up there and take one of you?" "Of course," I replied, absently not dreaming that he meant it ... "Just look a little mon,. to the left and keep like that." I reeled off more shots. Finally I told him the ordeal was over and thanked him for posing. His instant reply was: "Well, can I come up now and take a picture of you?" I looked anxiously at Nurse Lightbody-Nurse Lightbody looked uneasily at me. "Well, as you've promised ..." Together we hoisted the Heir Apparent up the ladder. The 9 foot structure now seemed horribly high, and I had visions of a body hurtling to the ground, the royal neck broken and myself under guard, being frogmarched to the Tower. The Prince had no such misgivings. Impatiently, he waited while I hung the strap around his neck and explained the camera's workings, then, waving an imperious hand in my direction, he ordered: "Now you go down there and be Prince Charles." Somewhat startled by this suggested reversal of our roles, I hurriedly complied, smiling bravely up at him from the gallery. The camera clicked and the deed was done" (
"The Coronation Painting", 29 October 1977, The Illustrated London News)
ALT4:... that there are dragons in Buckingham Palace? Source: "The fantastically elaborate marble mantelpiece which came from the Saloon, is of white marble bordered by ormolu. Its frieze, decorated with two dragon headed serpents centering upon a sunflower is supported by steel columns up which two winged ormolu dragons climb" (Clifford Smith, Harold (1931). Buckingham Palace: Its Furniture, Decoration & History London: Country Life, pg 223.)