Prince Charles and Camilla: the timeless imperial grandees

[CHIMO]

Let's get away from it all. While Europe totters and the world economy lurches and stammers, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall seem in this picture to escape not just into Africa, but into the past. The photograph shows them receiving a traditional Maasai greeting in Tanzania this week but it could just as well have been taken in the same place 80 years ago when this former German colony was ruled by Britain under a League of Nations mandate. In their white clothes – which have the bizarre effect of contrasting them all the more self-consciously with the Africans they are among – they look like timeless imperial grandees, an effect enhanced by the Duchess's parasol. Yet the dark glasses and tie that Prince Charles wears also make me think of Graham Greene characters adrift in the heat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/11/prince-charles-camilla-colonial-nostalgia#_

[MichiganVote]

1. Two of the best perennial adolescents the earth has produced.

[whistler162]

2. A helicopter piliot is a perennial adolescent?

So insulted any other military vets on November 11th?

[MichiganVote]

4. Hardly. But you may be looking for a fight with someone else. So go find it.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. OMG, they just need to get over themselves, Charles and Camilla.

Difinitely not how Diana would have done it.

[JohnyCanuck]

5. I had to crack a grin when I saw this comment at the Guardian:

"It's fascinating to see genuine ancient anthropological specimens garbed in traditional tribal dress. The Masai outfits are quite interesting too."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/13240834

[Magoo48]

7. Love it...

[Prometheus Bound]

6. She's probably wearing heels and makeup too.