Celebrity sightings are a rare thing where I live. But it seems to have been a low-key affair – just a little light egg chucking
’m currently away from home and was furious to miss King Charles’s recent visit to York. Not because I wanted to examine the fine cut of his tweed up close , but because celebrity sightings are a rare thrill in my ’hood and it’s been more than a year sinceExtracting eyewitness information on the royal visit proved challenging, though it seems to have been a low-key affair,. “York is not mad for it,” was my stepfather’s laconic verdict ; a friend claimed not even to have noticed it was happening.
Thankfully, the sterling work of the York Press filled in the gaps, with a live blog and witness accounts of the gratuitous dressing up – sorry, “pageantry” . Particular highlights included a closeup picture of the four thrown eggs andWill I get another chance? Beddington family royal encounters thus far have been limited, with the exception of my father who, as the former president of London zoo, has met more of them than generations of the rest of us put together.
I have only met Prince Philip: he loomed in my direction after a David Attenborough talk, asked me what I did, then turned away in wordless disgust when I told him. The perfect royal encounter, no notes. Perhaps it’s better to leave it at that.
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