Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ
Lincoln's Birthday
Samuel called Maureen a 'stupid bastard' today in my ear-shot ______________. He was deposited in his bed until lunch when he emerged chastened. LG came at 2. Very jovial. He took a list of the usual things we want doing, but seeing is believing. He told us that Graham & Carol were sacked for the misappropriation of company money. Some managers fail to bank money on a Monday. He checked our bank book and I held my breath because we owe the safe at least £100. I suppose it's all down to fate. When you gotta go, you gotta go. Ally went to town later and I prepared a quiz for next week, using Brewer's, Whitaker's Almanack, and the Dictionary of Insults. This evening Andrew Cromack told me that Richard Clarke stole my cig machine and that Cheetham is innocent. Oh poor Cheesy, doing hard labour for nothing. Don't make me laugh. Tracey [Edna's daughter] told Ally that Cheesy is doing 6 months , but we've heard nothing official. Bed at 12.
The Prince and Princess of Wales began a four day visit to Portugal yesterday designed to commemorate the ancient Anglo-Portuguese alliance and to boost flagging British exports. They were met at Lisbon airport by President soares.
Question of Precedence? Arranging the order of precedence for the Sovereign's parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, on April 10, is turning into a protocol nightmare for the academy's authorities. The salute is to be taken for the first time by the Princess of Wales, but at least two and perhaps as many as four other Royal Families will be attending the commissioning ceremony. King Hussein of Jordan, himself a Sandhurst graduate, will be there to watch his daughter, Princess Ayesha pass out from the Women's Royal Army Corps course and ex-King Constantine of Greece will see his son Prince Pavlos commissioned into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Queen Sofia of Spain - Constantine's sister - may also attend the ceremony and it is thought that Sultan Qaboos of Oman, another old Sandhurst hand, may go down to watch Omani candidates receive their commissions. As representative of the Sovereign, the Princess of Wales will take precedence over other royalty. But how the rest are to be seated as spectators at the parade and as guests at the commissioning lunch is a problem more complex than with which the academy has ever had to deal.
A packed House of Lords heard the Duke of York take his oath of allegiance to his mother, the Queen, yesterday when he was introduced. He took his seat not only as duke but as Baron Killyleagh, and Earl of Inverness. With the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent as his supporters he was watched from the equally crowded galleries by his wife, the Duchess, his younger brother, Prince Edward, and other family members. The Earl Marshal [Duke of Norfolk] and the Lord Great Chamberlain [the Marquess of Cholmondeley] joined him and his supporters in procession with Black Rod [Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell] and the Garter King of Arms [Sir Colin Cole]. Lord Hailsham, the Lord Chancellor, seated on the woolsack, received the Duke and accepted his writ of summons. Then his patent of creation was read by the Lords' reading clerk before the oath was taken and the Lords roll was signed. With his supporters, the Duke climbed the steps to the royal dias to take a seat next to the throne from which he rose three times in an exchange of bows and salutes with the Lord Chancellor. For his part of the ceremony Lord Hailsham stood in the place next to the woolsack from which he normally addresses the House while taking part in debates. After leaving the chamber to disrobe, the three Royal Dukes returned to seats on the cross benches to hear Question Time.
Mr Robin Janvrin, 40, deputy head of personnel operations at the Foreign Office, has been appointed assistant Press secretary to the Queen. He succeeds Mr Victor Chapman, 54, a Canadian, who will leave the post this summer after five years.
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