Why Have I Never Heard Of...

[piggynose]

Prince Edward? The queen's youngest child? I'm no royalist, but surely I should've heard of him somewhere. Oh the reason I brought this up was because it was a question in a quiz which I got right by guessing, even though I hadn't a clue.

[Bazile]

You've never heard of Prince Edward ?

[davebro]

I think there's a TV prog this week about him & his family

[davebro]

He initially tried to get into showbiz and was instrumental in staging the (embarrassing) Royal It's a Knockout.

[mallyh]

what was the question?

[Sqad]

Bit of a wet......not my kind of guy.
Joined the Marines and backed out after a few months much to the annoyance of Prince Philip.

Went into show biz and backed out again with debts which the Queen covered.

His wife did an embarrassing interview with a con man.

Did a "Meghan and Harry"..........but in the UK ;-)

[Sqad]

PLUS.....he is regarded as a "nice guy" and I am always suspicious of nice guys.

[Bazile]

I thought you were a nice guy , sqad ?

[Sqad]

Bazile.....lol......see how nice guys can fool you LOL

[Stickybottle]

I once did an exercise with some of the Close Observation Troop of 42 Commando
They all had t shirts and on the front were the words :
You can turn a frog into a Prince

On the back it said :
But you cannot turn a Prince into a Royal Marine

He infamously failed to complete the commando course after a spat with one of the instructors and thus failed to earn the coveted green beret so technically he never actually served as a Royal Marine

[emmie]

he has taken on more royal duties of late.

[Stickybottle]

From wiki :
Upon leaving university in 1986, Edward joined the Royal Marines, who had reportedly sponsored his tuition at Cambridge University on condition of future service. In January 1987, he dropped out of the commando course after having completed one-third of the 12-month training.

[weecalf]

I actually met him well met him might be a bit of an exaggeration I was at the same show as him we totally ignored one another through no fault of either of us .

[Sqad]

Quite correct sticky.

My eldest served with 42 Commandos and got his green beret........I would have bollocked him if he had chickened out.

[emmie]

Who will be the next patron of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award?
Prince Edward is tipped to be the next patron of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, following the death of its founder Prince Philip. The Earl of Wessex, 57, has been a huge advocate for the DofE since achieving the Gold Award in 1986 and is already a Trustee of the charity.

[Bazile]

Edward has never struck me as being of the physical looking stature , required to be a marine .

A bit weedy looking

[naomi24]

//Did a "Meghan and Harry"..........but in the UK ;-)//

That’s neither fair nor true. Whilst they have kept quite a low profile, they've never trashed the Royal family, and they've taken on more official duties in recent years. Edward's wife, Sophie, is very well regarded by the queen.

[Sqad]

naomi....agreed, shall we say they "retired from Royal duties?"

[Stickybottle]

Kudos to your eldest Sqad

Best bunch of guys I ever worked with
Different class

[Sqad]

Sticky, he was a right waste of space and a waster before he went into the Marines, served in Northern Ireland....two tours of duty and then in Norway in SBS .

He still is a waste of space.

[Stickybottle]

I completed 3 tours in the eighties

We possibly served at the same time ?