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'We are amused'
The Cartoonists
View of Royalty
Peter Grosvenor,
Ed.
The Bodley
Head,1978
Produced after
an exhibition of Royal Cartoons, 'Not By Royal Appointment',
at the London Press Club in November 1977 to raise funds for
the Queen's Silver Jubilee Trust.
In the book Giles
is quoted.
'I make a distinction between pulling their legs and taking
the mickey. The first is fun, the second is snide.
'I don't begrudge the Queen any of my taxes for Trooping the
Colour. I'd rather see my money go to that than a Blue Streak
rocket that won't go off—or even worse one that does go
off. We would get greyer and greyer without the Royal Family.
Thank God for 'em.'
Grandma as Britannia
Used as the symbol for the cartoon
exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1970
'We popped our heads up to have
our picture taken by Prince Philip and got two barrels off Lord Snowdon.'05.10.61
'Damn Joneses—he's wearing a
white tie!' 6.6.1977
'Ask His Royal Highness
to come to my office when he's finished his solo flight.'
16.1.1969
While at Trinity College, Cambridge
(where Lord 'Rab' Butler was Master) Prince Charles first learned
to fly.
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9 January 2001
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