Other Peoples' Breasts
Congratulations!
In connection with yesterday’s brief note on the new French Prime Minister, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy – that’s (here) – an alert reader has sent us this nice photograph of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, admiring the handiwork with which he has attached a medal to a worthy recipient in service with 9 Regiment, British Army Air Corps.
9 Regiment AAC is charmingly headquartered at Dishforth, fifteen miles south of Catterick – wherever that is – and part of it is recently returned from Afghanistan where it flew Apache and Lynx attack helicopters in support of UK and Nato ground troops.
The attractive blonde, as the only woman in the 44 man unit, was an obvious pick for the commemorative photo, and she also 
appears on the Prince’s own web site – (here) – but in a somewhat more conventional pose that we reproduce at left. He is still not quite looking her in the face however…
As is well known, Prince Charles is also an enthusiastic organic farmer. This has even less to do with Italy than the only blonde in 9 Regiment AAC, but we cannot resist taking the occasion to share with our readers another vital piece of news, one about the royal vegetables: According to the BBC – (here) – the Prince’s carrots have been dumped by the English supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, which cited “significant quality issues.” A spokesman explained: “Our priority has to be fresh, quality produce or customers will not buy it,” adding that, “There were difficulties relating to packing, distribution and storage.” Other, less institutional, sources suggest the carrots were inclined to rot.