Rod Liddle Rod Liddle

Thanks to Diana, the royals are done for

It was New Labour’s idea to democratise the monarchy, but you can’t do that without chopping their heads off

issue 02 September 2017

We are approaching an important royal anniversary, which I trust will be marked with a display of the appropriate reverence for the woman involved. It is almost exactly 20 years since Princess Anne was gratuitously rude to Cherie Blair, during a reception at Balmoral. The Princess Royal can sniff out stinking fish from a distance of several miles, I think.

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