[JAFO]

She was only the Duchess' daughter,
But she knew, those rude pilots, they sought her.
It was the modus operandi,
Of her Uncle Andy,
And that's not all that he'd taught her.

There's me knighthood gone for a burton. Best I stop now before I end up in the Tower.

[TopCat]

She was only the Duchess' daughter,
But she knew, those rude pilots, they sought her.
It was the modus operandi,
Of her Uncle Andy,
And that's not all that he'd taught her.

There's me knighthood gone for a burton. Best I stop now before I end up in the Tower.

That's pretty good.

[johnm]

All those hours waiting for a helicopter call out clearly weren't wasted

[JAFO]

@johnm - those long, foggy, winter night shifts used to just whizz by. Well, they did for me at least, I can't vouch for the poor buggers who had to be locked in a portacabin with me for 9 hours at a stretch.

[terryws]

Our JAFO was almost a copper
His truncheon is quite a whopper
when we were in our beds
he chased the neds
in a blue and yellow chopper

[JAFO]

His truncheon is quite a whopper

You can spread rumours like that as much as you like

[rogerb]

How does one qualify for a RA(P) ?

[Smaragd]

How does one qualify for a RA(P) ?

Birth or marriage.

[JAFO]

RAP? I thought we were doing limericks.

[Irv Lee]

Well I continue to learn things, eg I didn't know there was a DoC daughter. I had only heard of the son, mainly because of a well planned and executed April Fool about royal succession years ago. It was based on the son, (Tom?), being older than William, announcing he would enter the succession at No 2 in line if PoW married CPB.

[Flyin'Dutch']

No idea who the DoC is let alone their daughter.

I presume it is some minor royal; it will be a great day when the Royals are given the deference and attention they deserve and we don't need silly bits of airspace anymore.

What a pain.

[johnm]

DoC is Duchess of Cornwall once Camilla Parker-Bowles now wife of Charles, heir to the throne. Their staff and HMG deal with the RA(P) and other stuff that controls their lives.

[kanga]

Well I continue to learn things, eg I didn't know there was a DoC daughter....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lopes

[no, I don't know why the home merits a RA(P), either; if that's what ir encloses]

[johnm]

I suspect that if it becomes common knowledge then we might start to see the likes of

Pam Ayers Jeremy Clarkson Jilly Cooper
Hugh Grant Elizabeth Hurley
Alex James Stella McCartney J K Rowling
Patrick Stewart Kate Winslet

seeking to have drones outlawed through same route, across the Cotswolds....,.....

[condor17]

Dutch , wasn't the heir to the Netherlands throne flying as a KLM pilot for 26 years ?
Became a Captain on the F100/F70s fleet and retired when they did . Was not known by the community until after retirement .

rgds condor .