Paying to go to parties

[jean]

Peter Phillips quits Queen's birthday lunch role amid 'conflict of interest'

Peter Phillips has stepped down as a trustee of a charity which will distribute funds from the Queen's 90th birthday lunch because of a conflict of interest.

Mr Phillips, 38, the Queen's oldest grandchild, has been the driving force behind the Patron's Lunch, a street party being staged in The Mall to mark the monarch's patronage of more than 600 charities and organisations.

But there is a conflict of interest as he is a director of Sports and Entertainment Ltd (SEL), a global events agency which came up with the idea for the not-for-profit event and will receive an undisclosed fee for staging it...

[Flosshilde]

Jean's post possibly answers Richard's.

[Stanfordian]

Re the Royal picnic, interesting item in "Court Circular" on page 15 of new Private Eye. With the thing fully sponsored, some in the know are apparently wondering why £1.5 million in ticket revenues is needed.

Hello Richard,

Probably because they are self serving, greedy bast**ds.

[Stanfordian]

Maybe, but that's adoration of the person, not the institution. Most people think Charles is a buffoon & shouldn't be king.

Hiya Flosshilde,

Charles is always impeccably dressed, his personal dresser/butler is doing a great job.

[Flosshilde]

You could say the same about any display dummy in a gentleman's outfitters.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The veiled attempt to resurrect the "politics thread" is noted, and posts are likely to be removed.

[Serial_Apologist]

The veiled attempt to resurrect the "politics thread" is noted, and posts are likely to be removed.

What has royalty got to do with politics?

[MrGongGong]

What has royalty got to do with politics?

Absolutely nothing at all

[P. G. Tipps]

Absolutely nothing at all

Don't be silly ...

HRH is simply asking if he can borrow his friend's headgear, to match his tie and hankie, before he attends mum's party?

[MrGongGong]

Don't be silly ...

HRH is simply asking if he can borrow his friend's headgear, to match his tie and hankie, before he attends mum's party?

All a bit OT but this is interesting (to me anyway)

http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/ace-offers-guidance-funded-organisations-about-how-react-death-queen?utm_source=Weekly-News&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ACE-offers-‘guidance’-to-funded-organisations-about-how-to-react-to-death-of-Queen&utm_campaign=12th-February-2016

I'm sure mr E Blair would recognise this kind of "advice"

When making external communications, by issuing a formal announcement which would “usually take the form of an expression of sorrow”

Non stop Bowie again then ?

This bit is particularly curious

ACE told AP it “issued the guidance to our funded organisations (NPOs and MPMs) to support their planning, because thinking through any potential response now will mean that those organisations are better prepared when or if the time comes.

"IF" ???

I didn't realise David Icke worked for the Arts Council

[Flosshilde]

The veiled attempt to resurrect the "politics thread" is noted, and posts are likely to be removed.

Goodness, Alpie - have you started writing your posts in green ink? I thought that was a speciality of eccentrics & obsessives - neither of which would apply to you

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Goodness, Alpie - have you started writing your posts in green ink? I thought that was a speciality of eccentrics & obsessives - neither of which would apply to you

A couple of years ago, I did start writing posts in green, inspired by Caliban's blue theme.

But it was a bit of a faff, so I gave up.

[jean]

But what of all the posters for whom there would, eventually, be no colours left?

[Flosshilde]

I'm happy to remain monochrome - externally, anyway. Inside I'm all the colours of the rainbow

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

But what of all the posters for whom there would, eventually, be no colours left?

I thought that too, but no-one has the monopoly on any colour on this forum. We could all post in blue to confuse Cali.