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is it a bird, a plane? - no it's SuperWills !
TOPIC: is it a bird, a plane? - no it's SuperWills !
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Re:is it a bird, a plane? - no it's SuperWills ! 15 Years, 11 Months ago
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Pete Clarke wrote:
My own perception of Harry is he is a young man of immense courage, and is deserving of far more credit than ITK's ignorant witterings would suggest.
There is no doubt that Harry was out in the wilderness - nowhere near any action (if there had been he'd have been whisked out quicker than ever !)
Never thought that I'd rely on Maxie, but here is what he told the BBC -
Publicist Max Clifford said the Afghanistan trip had been "a good public relations exercise".
It follows recent criticism of Prince William when it emerged he had used a military helicopter to land near his girlfriend's home and to go to a stag do on the Isle of Wight.
The Ministry of Defence accepted there had been a degree of naivety in the planning of these flights.
Mr Clifford told BBC News the trip would get "some good headlines".
"It is a good public relations exercise for William, in view of the bad publicity last week where he was dropping in on Kate Middleton's family in an RAF helicopter.
"Bad week last week, good week now."
Former royal protection officer Ken Wharfe said William would have been in no real danger during his visit to the war zone.
He also thought the visit was a public relations exercise.
"I'm slightly sceptical about this. I think the cynics amongst us will say it's an attempt to cover up the Chinook jollies," he said.
Meanwhile, Andrew Bergin, of the Stop The War Coalition, branded the prince's trip a "shameful waste of public money".
He said: "It belittles the very real problems soldiers face in Afghanistan. The resources devoted to this trip would have been better spent providing decent equipment for the troops and aftercare for injured soldiers."
And he accused the MoD of "manipulating the media to try to cleanse the Prince's joyriding, tarnished image".
All taken from - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7374589.stm
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Re:is it a bird, a plane? - no it's SuperWills ! 15 Years, 11 Months ago
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Al wrote:
You're quite happy to rubbish Max Clifford when it suits you, and quote him when it suits you.
Where do you think the fighting takes place in Afghanistan, ITK? It mostly takes place in the wilderness, as most of Afghanistan is wilderness. Prince Harry was as close to the action as any other serviceman.
Until everyone knew he was there - he was back in London 24 hours later !
You CAN choose which part of the wildneress to go to (one where there are NO Taliban !) This was clearly a publicity stunt. Don't you suppose, that IF there had been any REAL action, the media (who covered the event although did not publish till later) would have been clamouring (at the Royals' behest) to publish it?
As for Max - I think you are confusing me with JK - I don't believe I have EVER made a previous comment about Max (good or bad). How's that for twisting facts, eh ?
Being anti-Royal is one thing. Sticking stubbornly by untruths is another.
There's an old saying. When the hole begins to get too deep, stop digging.
More and more commentators - from Max to Royal Protections officers - all agree that this was another stunt (to cancel out the previous 2 weeks' bad publicity). Who is really digging, eh ?
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