Maverick,
It only appears to be a fixation because it stands out when compared to all the other naysayer contributions.

However have you the competence to navigate a warship, fly a jet plane,(Phantom fighter)do numerous parachute jumps (when.I was offered the chance to get my parachute wings, in the Australian Army, I graciously declined; no way was I going to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft)..
Could you survive the full course to become a British Commando?

If you can’t/couldn’t then don’t be so critical of a game bloke.

Issy

You didn't mention your heroics in Korea! Why not? Charlie sounds better than Biggles, did he fly those jets and sail those warships all at the same time. If not, why not! People who fight in mercenary armies are nothing special, we all know that.

O sung wu,

You were right in your assessment of this low twerp.

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Elizabeth II : The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

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She had little or no executive power (apart from appointing the prime minister), but our dear Elizabeth II forged for herself a well-earned reputation as the world’s leading influencer. With a wave of her magic wand, she made William Shakespeare’s vision of reality come true : “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players” (As You Like It).

She exercised her talent as scenarist and actress and deployed them in the form of soft power. She played the role of the fairy-tale Queen and won the hearts and minds of her subjects.

The 70-year performance was a huge success and won worldwide acclamation but now the final curtain has fallen, and the stage lights no longer shine. The show is over and it’s back to reality.

Queen Elizabeth II navigated reality with courage and determination. She did what she said she would do and never faulted. She will always be remembered and admired for that. But it has not always been easy. Her reign has been tarnished by two major events that she would have preferred to remain secret.

1. The affair that has become known as the “Palace letters” – about 1200 pages of secret correspondence between the Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr and Sir Martin Charteris, Queen Elizabeth's private secretary, in the mid-1970s which cast new light on Kerr's dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.

The “Palace letters” show quite clearly that matters of the highest political order were being discussed, secret from the Australian government and the Australian citizens, between the governor-general and the Palace in a way that's totally antithetical both to democratic governance and to the supposed political neutrality and non-involvement of the crown, Queen Elizabeth II.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/i-was-absolutely-shocked-jenny-hocking-on-the-palace-letters-and-taking-on-the-queen-20201014-p564y6.html

http://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ha7mxZ2TIeSyYmVTpPlbLiS9ah3f3NRC/view?usp=sharing

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2. The Chagos Islands affair – islands in the Indian Ocean that were colonised by the UK in 1965 and whose indigenous population was forcefully displaced from their traditional homelands so that the islands could be leased to the US as a military base.

The British Parliament was not informed of this operation. It was effected by secret application of the Royal Prerogative of Queen Elizabeth II.

http://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/09/asia/chagos-islands-feature-intl/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4jQYoSw7o&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_7W0hCwe4&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish

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Hi BP,

If push comes to shove, we all know which side of the fence the "impartial" royal family and the toadies such as the Governor General are on. Albo would do well to remember that.