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Her Royal Highlights

Me: Do you reckon the Queen’s cutting her own hair at the moment?
Jen: I thought she always did.

Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Keith Beach says:

25-Apr-2020 at 07:54

You and I would use a pudding basin...Maj uses the Imperial State Crown.
Richard Carter says:

25-Apr-2020 at 08:26

Yes, this virus has been a great leveller.
Keith Beach says:

06-May-2020 at 08:13

I could kick myself!
I’ve only just realised that the Queen has recently been having several ‘bad heir days’!
Richard Carter says:

06-May-2020 at 11:41

Apparently, Charles I once tried to remove a couple of inches from the back of his neck, but it all went terribly wrong.
Keith Beach says:

07-May-2020 at 11:51

Serves him right for being so cavalier and ending up 'giving head'.

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