Basic rule for the Royal Family: DO NOT MARRY AMERICAN DIVORCEES.

[Sir C]

Oooh, no. I've had a look and I'm sure they're very good if you like Daphne Du Maurier, Georgette Heyer and whatnot, but pas pour moi, Clive.

Exactly! They have that du Maurier feel about them, but also echoes of wossname, Camomile Lawn.

I listened to a Georgette Heyer on a road trip a couple of years ago. It was a rollicking good yarn! No bodices got ripped, sadly.

[Burney]

Exactly! They have that du Maurier feel about them, but also echoes of wossname, Camomile Lawn.

I listened to a Georgette Heyer on a road trip a couple of years ago. It was a rollicking good yarn! No bodices got ripped, sadly.

Is she slipping hormones into your tea? Have you started growing breasts?

[Sir C]

Is she slipping hormones into your tea? Have you started growing breasts?

What can I say? I have eclectic tastes.

I'm listening to the latest Le Carré. The man is now a tiresomely leftist bore.

[Burney]

What can I say? I have eclectic tastes.

I'm listening to the latest Le Carré. The man is now a tiresomely leftist bore.

Is this the one where he starts banging on about how terrible Brexit is via his fictional proxy? Fúck that. I must admit I read a precis of it and binned any thought of getting it.

[Sir C]

Is this the one where he starts banging on about how terrible Brexit is via his fictional proxy? Fúck that. I must admit I read a precis of it and binned any thought of getting it.

Oh yes, there's Brexit and there's Trump.

Daft old bugger. George would have told him to man up and get on with it.

[Burney]

Oh yes, there's Brexit and there's Trump.

Daft old bugger. George would have told him to man up and get on with it.

Do these people ever stop to consider just how drearily conservative these maunderings are? In essence, they are no different to previous generations bemoaning unwelcome societal change in everything from votes for women to the end of the death penalty and the legalisation of homosexuality. Things change - deal with it.

[Luis Anaconda]

Exactly! They have that du Maurier feel about them, but also echoes of wossname, Camomile Lawn.

I listened to a Georgette Heyer on a road trip a couple of years ago. It was a rollicking good yarn! No bodices got ripped, sadly.

Camomile Lawn was great - it had Tara Fitzgerald and Jennifer Ehle in the nip - proper TV

[Sir C]

Camomile Lawn was great - it had Tara Fitzgerald and Jennifer Ehle in the nip - proper TV

Talking of which, this BBC production of the Profumo scandal story features some rather top totty all nudified. Also stockings and spendies.

Back in 5.

[Luis Anaconda]

Talking of which, this BBC production of the Profumo scandal story features some rather top totty all nudified. Also stockings and spendies.

Back in 5.

Oo - was reading about that this morning. Interview with Keeler's son in The Times was very interesting

[Sir C]

Oo - was reading about that this morning. Interview with Keeler's son in The Times was very interesting

I wouldn't like to be Christine Keeler's son. I mean, she was a lady of negotiable virtue and all that, but even when not being paid, she appears to have been exceedingly free with her favours.