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 On 11/3/25 17:47, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 > On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:35:13 +0000, The Todal wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 03/11/2025 11:42, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >>> [quoted text muted] 
 >> 
 >> Andrew served in the Royal Navy between 1979 and 2001 as a helicopter 
 >> pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. During the 
 >> Falklands War he flew on multiple missions including anti-surface 
 >> warfare, casualty evacuation and Exocet missile decoy. 
 >> 
 >> (a quote from Wikipedia) 
 > 
 > I don't neeed Wikipedia, I can remember it at the time. And FTAOD it was 
 > a dangerous role and he discharged it with honour. 
 > 
 >> I'd say that King Charles doesn't quite measure up to those 
 >> achievements, 
 > 
 > Because before he was King he was next in line to the throne and 
 > therefore less able to be risked in military adventures (imagine if he 
 > had been captured ?). 
 > 
 > And now as King, the same rationale applies. Quite aside from what use an 
 > OAP would be in todays armed forces, I can't see Charles lack of military 
 > engagement as a reason to disparage him. 
 > 
  
 You keep talking as if royal individuals are valuable assets, as if 
 losing one is a problem. I'm not sure what the problem is? I know the 
 media like to spin that story, but they would say that, wouldn't they. 
  
 If we put the rich and entitled in the vanguard of any military action, 
 we would have fewer wars. 
  
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