If it's true that Prince Charles is going to open up much of Buckingham Palace as a sort of museum rather than living in it, I'd really love it if they opened it with a fabulous exhibition of all the royal tiaras.
Little bit of royal gossip from my end of the country. An acquaintance of mine lives in an old lighthouse keepers cottage and last week was pottering around their garden when two large expensive Range Rover-type things came up to the lighthouse and several well-dressed men got out. My acquaintance was about to give them an earful, as there's a large sign saying 'Private property beyond this point, no access to lighthouse' which tourists regularly ignore, when one of the men said, 'The man we work for is walking the coastal path, where is he likely to come out, please?' Well, 'the man we work for' generally only means one person up here at this time of year, as he's a regular visitor for a short holiday in August at his grandmother's old house, and sure enough, ten minutes later Prince Charles walks past their garden and stops for a chat. Even though they're a republican, my acquaintance reported he was absolutely charming.
