If you end up spending an hour stuck in traffic over the next few days because the police have cordoned off the streets to allow a cavalcade of limousines to pass, don’t get angry, because it’s all for a good cause. Just kidding: It’s because Prince Charles is in town.
The inanity of the visit was made quickly apparent when Charles grabbed headlines by saying that he is “proud to be one thirty-second Hungarian myself, through my Great Great Great Grandmother, Countess Rhedey,” which reminded us of that great old Onion spoof about the “Man Who’s 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage.” Except twice as silly, because the imaginary “1/16 Irish” man in the Onion parody was twice as Irish as Charles is Hungarian. And it gets better, because this Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (right) was denied the title of Duchess after marrying the Duke of Württemberg – just like Charles’ own wife got stuck with being called “Duchess” rather than “Princess” – though in Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde’s case the problem seemed to be that the rest of Charles’ stuck-up German family thought she was a Hungarian peasant, rather than a home-wrecking shemale. Meanwhile, Claudine ended up being thrown from her horse and trampled to death during a pointless protocol event like the ones the Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Wales is currently snarling up traffic across Budapest for right now. History is so interesting, isn’t it?
Since it seems a little unfair to single out Britain’s heir-in-waiting for abuse, we’ll just add that we agreed with him wholeheartedly when he said yesterday that he considers himself a “kindred spirit” with Hungary’s pathetically muddle-headed President László Sólyom, who, perhaps not by coincidence, gave Charles a medal. Now would someone please give us a drink…
It was hardly worth spending the time writing this article. A little harsh I think. Might be worth noting that the Duchess of Cornwall accepted a CSR Award from Vodaphone on behalf of the Robert Burns Foundation for 5M HUF. This to go to the SOTE II Childrens Hospital. I can send a photo if you wish.
This photo looks like 2 men trying to decide who is going to lead in the waltz. or 2 magician assistants saying ‘Ta-Da’ as the flowers appear out of nowhere.