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Cobbett's Corner

The House Magazine

Issue 1301 | Tuesday 28th April 2009

Cobbett's Corner

Masters of indiscretion
Congratulations to the Duke of Edinburgh for becoming the longest-serving regal consort in British history.
I have always been in favour of his so-called gaffes, which I am certain were in many cases deliberately uttered for the pleasure he derived when the media – which can be puritanical and even sanctimonious when it chooses to be – blew hot and cold over many of his remarks.
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