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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:02 AM
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QUEEN'S GUARD HANGS HIMSELF - REGIMENT IN SHOCK

From The Mirror
By Tom Newton Dunn And Alexandra Williams

<snip>
ONE of the Queen's horse guardsmen has hanged himself in the stables at his barracks.

The 36-year-old soldier, due to be married, was found yesterday morning.

As a Corporal of Horse in The Life Guards - one of the Army's smartest regiments - the soldier took part in Royal ceremonial duties such as Trooping the Colour with the Queen.

Paying tribute to the divorced dad of two, commanding officer Lt Col Valentine Woyka said: "He was a highly regarded and well- respected senior member of the regiment in the prime of his career.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:05 AM
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1. I'm sure Clinton did it. n/t
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:12 AM
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2. Maybe he saw the Queen naked?
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:14 AM
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3. or got an offer he couldn't refuse....from Prince Charles...
?
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:30 AM
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4. Exactly what I was thinking
As a hetero woman, I find the prince repulsive and completely unattractive. I would bet most men, gay or straight, feel the same way.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:41 AM
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6. My wife sez its HIS NOSE
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:41 AM
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7. Me too, because:
Edited on Thu Apr-22-04 08:42 AM by emad aisat sana



don't think you exactly need a dna test to prove this one...
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shockingelk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 09:35 AM
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9. It was her birthday yesterday
78 years old.
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 09:37 AM
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10. And no one, not one of the TV or radio channels, even mentioned
it...hehe....
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shockingelk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 10:07 AM
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11. shh, don't tell
glancing at this for a minute and a half each day helps foster the impression that you're a great historian: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html

It's good flirting material, too: "Did you know that today is the 52nd anniversary of the first atomic explosion to be shown on live network television?"
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:38 AM
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5. This is sad.
I've made a point of enjoying the Queen's Horse Guard on every visit to London. The changing of the guard ceremony on the parade grounds adjacent to Downing Street has been an afternoon ritual for me.
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 08:43 AM
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8. I guess they'll change this one too...
r.i.p.
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-22-04 10:14 AM
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12. Cruel emad, just cruel ...!
:spank:
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