Showing posts with label PRINCE EDWARD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PRINCE EDWARD. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Prince Edward should be next Gibraltar Governor, says blogger

GIBRALTAR The headline reflects the views of David Eade, a well-known journalist of the sinister persuasion (meaning Left, nothing more - they have breakfast together often, David and Prospero, so we know he's an okay sort of fellow) as published in Gibraltar's Panorama and one of his several blogs, Gibraltar Viewpoint. The second paragraph of his article titled similarly to that above, reads: "Given that Prince Edward has taken over the leadership of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards from his aging father this is not the first time he has visited the Rock nor do I suspect will it be in the last in that role. This led me to thinking that given his obvious ease with Gibraltarians and their liking for him why shouldn't the bond be cemented and he be named as our next Governor?" You can read the whole article later, after we give our own little something toward the sentiment: we overheard someone say that they pitied the Gibraltarians with their Jubilee celebrations: "they only got Edward; he's way down the list." Right, now you can read David's thoughts, which, by the way, are a lot more serious than we're letting on here.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

King Juan Carlos to visit Algeciras on June 20 to support Guardia Civil

 Photo: chronicle.gi
Visit is also in response to Prince Edward's visit to Gibraltar
ALGECIRAS King Juan Carlos I is scheduled to visit Algeciras next Wednesday, June 20, to show his support for the Spanish Guardia Civil patrol boats that protect the fishing vessels in the waters close to Gibraltar. He will be visiting the GC Command Centre and later receive the town's insignia from Mayor José Ignacio Landaluce. Another purpose of the royal visit, according to the Spanish media, is to respond in kind to the visit Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex are making to the Rock as we write. The British royal visit has provoked much irritation in Spain, where the government has called it inappropriate, given the situation regarding the dispute over territorial waters that both countries claim as theirs. The last time the King was in Algeciras was in 1990, when he opened a Maersk container terminal that carries his name. (The photo shows an image of the Queen projected onto the North Face of the Rock last night, which could be seen across the Bay of Algeciras.)

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Gibraltar embraces Prince Edward and Sophie

GIBRALTAR (GibChronicle by Alice Mascarenhas)  Royal fever hit Gibraltar yesterday as thousands took to the heart of town to greet and meet their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex, here as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. At noon, on the dot, Prince Edward and Countess Sophie arrived on the British Airways flight, just as the Rock heard its second 21 Gun Salute of the day, fired by Thomson’s Battery of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. (Read the full story here.)