HRH the DoE retiring from public engagements.

[Peter]

There's no point bickering with such people, old chap. They're just terrible human beings who, in a more enlightened society, would have their heads on spikes.

It is incredibly rude to talk about someone as if they were not there. Bad form....

[Burney]

It is incredibly rude to talk about someone as if they were not there. Bad form....

Do you mind? I was addressing Sir C.