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Protecting Prince Harry from tiny footprints and an assassination attempt (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Prince Harry was about to be presented to the public dressed in a suit covered in tiny silvery footprints up the right leg – and it was all my fault. I’d left his suit lying across my bed, then let … Continue reading →

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Touching the winking Prince of Wales (Rousse)

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

William, Prince of Wales, followed me through the house, pen and paper in hand. Ignoring the antique furniture, he was most interested in the pictures – and completely oblivious to the mess in all the rooms. This was so much … Continue reading →

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Dressing secrets of the French royal family (Rousse)

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The curator passed me the tiny fitted eighteenth century jacket. The solid gold buttons, along with the hand-stitched trimmings in precious threads, stood out against the beautiful dark blue velvet. ‘Check the silver embroidery on the seam of the sleeve’, … Continue reading →

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Darts and death with Prince Charles (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When Charles, Prince of Wales challenged TPR to a game of darts, I wandered out into the damp garden. The peace was interrupted when a woman ran across the terrace screaming ‘He’s dead, he’s dead, David is dead!’ Then a … Continue reading →

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Prince George’s part-time passion and a romantic near-miss (Rousse)

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Prince George of Cambridge had 5 minutes before his next royal appointment to open a new hospital ward. He chose to spend it stroking my upper torso. Afterwards I almost climbed into bed with my cousin NA. Fortunately I saw … Continue reading →

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Best friends of joker William and Kate (Rousse)

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Since our appointment as ‘best friends’ to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge we were now expected to behave with decorum at all times. Prince William was such a joker that we struggled to keep our cool when we accompanied … Continue reading →

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In conversation with the Princess Royal (Rousse)

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Princess Anne and I enjoyed an intimate cosy chat. I asked after her father the Duke of Edinburgh, who had recently been in hospital, and told her that I would meet her mother the Queen in a couple of days.

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“Ali Baba” is main suspect in poisoning case (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The evidence of the prince’s poisoning was right there in front of me: a spent yellow-green serpent lay on the ground. I suspected that the culprit was the foreign man in the red and gold velvet Ali Baba costume.

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Harry the photographer prince (Rousse)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

What a coincidence to spot Prince Harry twice in the same day! First of all I ended up just a couple of rows away from him in the stand at the Olympics reprise show. Here television footage from London 2012 … Continue reading →

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Oil struck in the Pentland Hills (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Dreamaticus

First we were amazed to hear that a tiny Middle Eastern prince had popped over for a round of golf at our local club. Then we were astonished to witness streams flowing uphill over the Pentland Hills. The biggest shock … Continue reading →

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