Prince Harry apologises over 'Paki' video

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

PRINCE HARRY apologised last night for using the term “Paki” about a member of his platoon after he was caught on camera making racist remarks and mocking the Queen.

 

In the film, taken on a camcorder in 2006 while Harry was training to be an officer, the young prince refers to an Asian army colleague as “our little Paki friend” and jokes with another that he looks like a “raghead”, an offensive term for an Arab.

 

Last night Clarence House issued an apology for the 24-year-old’s behaviour, saying, “Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause.”

 

An aide said that Harry had never intended to insult his friend, adding: “On this occasion three years ago, Prince Harry used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon.

 

“There is no question that Prince Harry was in any way seeking to insult his friend.”

 

In further clips from the film Harry mocks his grandmother, the Queen, amid laughter from his colleagues, as he pretends to end a phone call with her by saying: “I’ve got to go, got to go. Send my love to the corgis. Send my love to the corgis and grandpa.” He then adds: “God Save You . . .”

 

The footage was shot as Harry joined other cadets at a training camp in Cyprus - just a year after he courted controversy for turning up at a fancy dress party as a Nazi soldier complete with swastika on his shirt sleeve. The incident in January 2005, forced the then 20-year-old to apologise.

 

The video captures Harry, now training to be a helicopter pilot, making his first offensive remark as young troops wait at an airport to be flown out to the Mediterranean.

 

The prince, behind the camera, pans across the departure hall, where other soldiers are sleeping, and spots an Asian cadet when he is heard to say: “Anybody else around here? Ah, our little Paki friend, Ahmed.”

 

Harry made the second comment while filming a night exercise, where one of his comrades is seen wearing some camouflage headwear.

 

“It’s Dan the Man,” says Harry. “F*** me you look like a raghead. Look at me, look at me.”

 

The royal spokesman said the term “raghead” had been used by the prince to describe a “Taliban or Iraqi insurgent”.

 

The video diary also captures Harry smoking cigarettes, joking with friends on manoeuvres and on nights out. In 2002 Harry confessed to smoking cannabis in the grounds of Highgrove.

 

He was also pictured swigging from a bottle of vodka after the England team’s triumph in the rugby union World Cup in 2003.

 

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said: “Neither the army nor the armed forces tolerates inappropriate behaviour. We are not aware of any complaint having been made by the individual.”

 

A spokeswoman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said: “These appear to be disturbing allegations and we will be asking the MoD to see the evidence, share that evidence with us and their plans for dealing with it.”

[Kid Dynamite 6075]

Its no real surprise hes got racist tendencies witht he family hes got

[NJS 3997]

I'd say it had more to do with the army officer training mentality/attitudes rather than his family.

 

His "Dad" is a fuckwit but not a racist imo.

[Park Life 71]

He needs a smack innit.

[Kid Dynamite 6075]

I'd say it had more to do with the army officer training mentality/attitudes rather than his family.

 

His "Dad" is a fuckwit but not a racist imo.

 

How many black mates has he got The well to do are about as racist as you can get man

[wykikitoon 17019]

He needs a smack innit.

 

[JawD 31]

Can I be the first to say "So fuck?".

 

I dont find any of it offensive, the bit about the Queen quite amusing. In day to day speak when I was younger I must have said "Paki" a thousand times. I'm a great believer that it has nothing to do with the words you say but the context in which they are said.

[NJS 3997]

Can I be the first to say "So fuck?".

 

I dont find any of it offensive, the bit about the Queen quite amusing. In day to day speak when I was younger I must have said "Paki" a thousand times. I'm a great believer that it has nothing to do with the words you say but the context in which they are said.

 

 

The context was "our little Paki friend" - do you not think that's extremely patronising at best?

[ewerk 26782]

Can I be the first to say "So fuck?".

 

I dont find any of it offensive, the bit about the Queen quite amusing. In day to day speak when I was younger I must have said "Paki" a thousand times. I'm a great believer that it has nothing to do with the words you say but the context in which they are said.

 

 

The context was "our little Paki friend" - do you not think that's extremely patronising at best?

 

Again it all depends, it could be that they would say it to his face in a form of banter as I do to some of my mates, it's difficult to know how it was intended.

[JawD 31]

Can I be the first to say "So fuck?".

 

I dont find any of it offensive, the bit about the Queen quite amusing. In day to day speak when I was younger I must have said "Paki" a thousand times. I'm a great believer that it has nothing to do with the words you say but the context in which they are said.

 

 

The context was "our little Paki friend" - do you not think that's extremely patronising at best?

 

Again it all depends, it could be that they would say it to his face in a form of banter as I do to some of my mates, it's difficult to know how it was intended.

 

Exactly. Bit like calling someone a "little fat friend", in fact, that should be worse? again, if its banter around his unit, how does anyone know how its taken or intended?

 

Its a whole load of nothing imo.

[Jimbo 133]

I'd say it had more to do with the army officer training mentality/attitudes rather than his family.

 

His "Dad" is a fuckwit but not a racist imo.

 

 

The Queen Mother: The nation's best granny?

 

The Queen Mother was a racist snob who excelled in extravagant living. Amid all the grovelling, hypocritical tributes paid to her this week, here are some facts to remember. The Queen Mother referred to black people as "nig-nogs" or "blackamoors". She backed white minority rule in Rhodesia. She criticised Lord Mountbatten, viceroy of India, "for giving away the empire" and his wife because "her mother was half-Jewish".

 

She opposed immigration, and thought black Africans incapable of running their own countries. The media call her the "nation's favourite granny", but she enjoyed luxury beyond most people's wildest dreams. The Queen Mother squandered millions on vintage champagne, racehorses and parties. She had five homes, including a Scottish castle with 25,000 acres worth £20 million.

 

The castle cost half a million pounds a year to run. She refused to give it up even though she only stayed there for six weeks a year. A small army of 80 servants was employed to look after her. The Queen Mother dined out at the poshest restaurants, like Claridge's and the Ritz. She liked to have "drinky-poos" before her lavish lunches.

 

Her fortune was estimated at £60 million. Even so, she couldn't manage on the £643,000 she creamed off us from the civil list every year. Luckily for her, the queen regularly chucked her a million quid or two. Prince Charles had to cough up another £80,000 a year to pay her long-suffering servants.

 

A royal aide denied she was mean, saying, "She is simply out of touch with the costs of modern life and believes that what she pays is a living wage." When officials pointed out that she had amassed a £4 million overdraft, she refused to economise or sell any of her huge jewellery collection. This included a necklace once owned by Marie Antoinette.

 

In her will she left some money to "her darlings", not relatives but racehorses. The Queen Mother was hailed as the first commoner to marry into the royal family. In fact she was the daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, and her full name was Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. Hers was a typically caring aristocratic family.

 

Two of Elizabeth's nieces were born disabled and were secretly locked away in a mental institution for the rest of their lives. The public was told they were dead. She married Prince Albert, who was second in line to the throne. One biographer, Michael Thornton, writes, "Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was determined to marry into the royal family so, after his third proposal, she settled for the runt of the litter."

 

When Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, Albert became king and Elizabeth queen. The Second World War was, the media say, the Queen Mother's greatest hour as she stuck by the people of London during the Blitz. But the idea that she shared the wartime privations of ordinary people is a complete myth.

 

The king and queen visited Buckingham Palace during the day, but slept every night in Windsor Castle. East Enders booed, jeered and pelted the Queen Mother with rubbish on her first tour of east London. She believed her pampered appearance would "raise morale". It just showed how she still lived the high life while everyone else endured rationing.

 

For some 50 years the Queen Mother guarded royal documents in vaults at Windsor Castle that detailed the abdicated king's relations with Hitler and the Nazis. They included captured German documents describing the Windsors' meeting with Hitler in 1937 and plans to restore the Duke of Windsor to the throne if the Nazis won the war. Some of these documents remain hidden from the public.

 

Before the war began the Queen Mother was a supporter of making concessions to Hitler and the Nazis. She once sent a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf to a friend, saying, "Even a skip through gives you a good idea of his obvious sincerity."

 

The Queen Mother was vicious to anyone she thought undermined the royal family. Her treatment of the royal nanny Marion Crawford was described by one writer as "symptomatic of the ruthless and brutal cold-heartedness of that family and the way they treat the victims they leave in their wake who have generally done them great service".

 

She did not step willingly aside for her daughter to become queen. The then prime minister, Winston Churchill, had to bribe her to get her out of Buckingham Palace. The media praise her "devotion to duty", but she was far more devoted to drinking and betting. The establishment is uneasy about what the response to the Queen Mother's death will be. So they should be. For 100 years we paid to keep her in the lap of luxury.

[Kid Dynamite 6075]

And lets not even get started on Harrys grandad! Some of his corkers include

 

- it looks like its been put in by an indian

 

- if you stay in China much longer you will get Slanty eyes

 

- (to native australians) do you still throw spears at each other?

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3272]

I'd say it had more to do with the army officer training mentality/attitudes rather than his family.

 

His "Dad" is a fuckwit but not a racist imo.

 

 

The Queen Mother: The nation's best granny?

 

The Queen Mother was a racist snob who excelled in extravagant living. Amid all the grovelling, hypocritical tributes paid to her this week, here are some facts to remember. The Queen Mother referred to black people as "nig-nogs" or "blackamoors". She backed white minority rule in Rhodesia. She criticised Lord Mountbatten, viceroy of India, "for giving away the empire" and his wife because "her mother was half-Jewish".

 

She opposed immigration, and thought black Africans incapable of running their own countries. The media call her the "nation's favourite granny", but she enjoyed luxury beyond most people's wildest dreams. The Queen Mother squandered millions on vintage champagne, racehorses and parties. She had five homes, including a Scottish castle with 25,000 acres worth £20 million.

 

The castle cost half a million pounds a year to run. She refused to give it up even though she only stayed there for six weeks a year. A small army of 80 servants was employed to look after her. The Queen Mother dined out at the poshest restaurants, like Claridge's and the Ritz. She liked to have "drinky-poos" before her lavish lunches.

 

Her fortune was estimated at £60 million. Even so, she couldn't manage on the £643,000 she creamed off us from the civil list every year. Luckily for her, the queen regularly chucked her a million quid or two. Prince Charles had to cough up another £80,000 a year to pay her long-suffering servants.

 

A royal aide denied she was mean, saying, "She is simply out of touch with the costs of modern life and believes that what she pays is a living wage." When officials pointed out that she had amassed a £4 million overdraft, she refused to economise or sell any of her huge jewellery collection. This included a necklace once owned by Marie Antoinette.

 

In her will she left some money to "her darlings", not relatives but racehorses. The Queen Mother was hailed as the first commoner to marry into the royal family. In fact she was the daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, and her full name was Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. Hers was a typically caring aristocratic family.

 

Two of Elizabeth's nieces were born disabled and were secretly locked away in a mental institution for the rest of their lives. The public was told they were dead. She married Prince Albert, who was second in line to the throne. One biographer, Michael Thornton, writes, "Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was determined to marry into the royal family so, after his third proposal, she settled for the runt of the litter."

 

When Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, Albert became king and Elizabeth queen. The Second World War was, the media say, the Queen Mother's greatest hour as she stuck by the people of London during the Blitz. But the idea that she shared the wartime privations of ordinary people is a complete myth.

 

The king and queen visited Buckingham Palace during the day, but slept every night in Windsor Castle. East Enders booed, jeered and pelted the Queen Mother with rubbish on her first tour of east London. She believed her pampered appearance would "raise morale". It just showed how she still lived the high life while everyone else endured rationing.

 

For some 50 years the Queen Mother guarded royal documents in vaults at Windsor Castle that detailed the abdicated king's relations with Hitler and the Nazis. They included captured German documents describing the Windsors' meeting with Hitler in 1937 and plans to restore the Duke of Windsor to the throne if the Nazis won the war. Some of these documents remain hidden from the public.

 

Before the war began the Queen Mother was a supporter of making concessions to Hitler and the Nazis. She once sent a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf to a friend, saying, "Even a skip through gives you a good idea of his obvious sincerity."

 

The Queen Mother was vicious to anyone she thought undermined the royal family. Her treatment of the royal nanny Marion Crawford was described by one writer as "symptomatic of the ruthless and brutal cold-heartedness of that family and the way they treat the victims they leave in their wake who have generally done them great service".

 

She did not step willingly aside for her daughter to become queen. The then prime minister, Winston Churchill, had to bribe her to get her out of Buckingham Palace. The media praise her "devotion to duty", but she was far more devoted to drinking and betting. The establishment is uneasy about what the response to the Queen Mother's death will be. So they should be. For 100 years we paid to keep her in the lap of luxury.

 

Did she also not protect one of her butlers who like to rape new footmen?

[Guest Stevie]

 

Jawdee is right.

[JawD 31]

[manc-mag 1]

Jesus wept.

[Park Life 71]

Couple of things.

 

She also dabbled in witchcraft and Hitler didn't write MK.

[Tom 13915]

I don't have any time for the Royal Family anyway.

 

Why should 60 Million people pay tax a royal family anyway? For the London tourist industry?

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3272]

Couple of things.

 

She also dabbled in witchcraft and Hitler didn't write MK.

 

 

Pedant. He dictated it Hess wrote it.

[Park Life 71]

Couple of things.

 

She also dabbled in witchcraft and Hitler didn't write MK.

 

 

Pedant. He dictated it Hess wrote it.

 

Hitler had various rooms to himself at Landesburg prison and a exotic elements of his ontarage could visit willy nilly. He took presents and gave tea parties some afternoons. Wrting MK was sometimes a chore and Hess made up stuff as they went along. They were also encouraged and led by one of two Catholic priests that had taken a liking to Hiltler who was already becoming someone who could be used for other ends. Don't believe da hype.

Edited January 12, 2009 by Park Life

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3272]

Couple of things.

 

She also dabbled in witchcraft and Hitler didn't write MK.

 

 

Pedant. He dictated it Hess wrote it.

 

Hitler had various rooms to himself at Landesburg prison and a exotic elements of his ontarage could visit willy nilly. He took presents and gave tea parties some afternoons. Wrting MK was sometimes a chore and Hess made up stuff as they went along. They were also encouraged and led by one of two Catholic priests that had taken a liking to Hiltler who was already becoming someone who could be used for other ends. Don't believe da hype.

 

 

So which bit did Hess make up then?

[Park Life 71]

Couple of things.

 

She also dabbled in witchcraft and Hitler didn't write MK.

 

 

Pedant. He dictated it Hess wrote it.

 

Hitler had various rooms to himself at Landesburg prison and a exotic elements of his ontarage could visit willy nilly. He took presents and gave tea parties some afternoons. Wrting MK was sometimes a chore and Hess made up stuff as they went along. They were also encouraged and led by one of two Catholic priests that had taken a liking to Hiltler who was already becoming someone who could be used for other ends. Don't believe da hype.

 

 

So which bit did Hess make up then?

 

The boring bits probably.

[trophyshy 6442]

Was nilly the name of his lone bollock?

[Park Life 71]

Was nilly the name of his lone bollock?

 

[NJS 3997]

I was mainly thinking of the jug-eared cunt and the parasitic whore when I said his family weren't that bad on race - obviously the Queen Mother was a piece of shit.