I carry no torch for the royal family

But I think most of what Hitchens has to say is a criticism of Churchill, not the king. As far as I recall, the thing the king is alleged to have done wrong was to be an appeaser who welcomed Chamberlin back from Berlin with his "peace treaty". Now, there are plenty of people who were appeasers without being fascist sympathisers. They just couldn't face another war. So I suspect Hitchens is over-egging it.

(And I never trust a word he writes without checking it, anyway, he is such a polemicist.)

Posted By: Old Git on February 28th 2011 at 13:39:22

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Christopher Hitchen has done some interesting words about The King's Speech (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 13:27:07
- I watched The Prestige the other week (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 28, 13:34:46
  - My missus thought that David Bowie was Ricky Gervais. (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 28, 13:40:45
    - Yes, that was weird (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 28, 13:41:50
      - I liked it too - despite Christian Bale's Dick Van Dyke impersonation. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 28, 13:49:19
      - Oh yeah, and English actor Andy Serkis played an American with an unconvincing accent (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 28, 13:42:32
        
        I'm currently watching the Wire (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 13:45:00
        
        he does a very good unconvincing posh English accent in the 2nd series (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 28, 14:20:40
        
        I shall 'look forward' to that then. I'm halfway through series 2 now (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 14:21:54
- I wouldnt mind betting The Poseidon Adventure was falsified too (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Feb 28, 13:31:26
  - this is slightly different mind, this being based on real and important events (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 13:34:05
    - I carry no torch for the royal family (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 28, 13:39:22
      - agreed, but the royals are never too far from his thoughts (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 13:44:11
    - several hundred perished though including several professional gamblers (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Feb 28, 13:36:34
- bet he had plenty to say about 'The Madness of George V' (n/m) (General Chat) - jayson blair, Feb 28, 13:29:26
  - I thought that while I was reading it (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 28, 13:32:35

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