princes william and harry

[y2blade]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=513482&in_page_id=1770 

Princes William and Harry are planning a hair-raising 1,000-mile motorbike ride across Africa.

The brothers want to follow the epic example set by Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman, who biked across some of the roughest terrain in the world in the TV series Long Way Down.



great stuff

[trumpet600]

I'm not an anti-royalist but this is a piss boiler.

1. fears that it could cost £100K in 'security' to protect them. Read that as costing you and I.

2. They supposedly hold jobs down in the forces. Would Private Bloggs be given the sime time off to follow his dream?


And they want to be treated like normal folk...???!!!

[randlemarcus]

Just the two of them, and their bikes

And 24/7 air cover, so 5 Chinooks, a platoon of QRF, bodyguards, support crew, catering, hair stylists, press officers, and a veritable legion of Press

[FourWheelDrift]

trumpet600 said:

1. fears that it could cost £100K in 'security' to protect them. Read that as costing you and I.

Typical Daily Wail statement though, they seem to forget that they get the same protection whenever they go overseas, they'd have the same protection if they went to New York for an organised visit, Australia or Afghanistan.

[y2blade]

"William has long had a love of powerful motorbikes - owning a 175mph Honda Blackbird - which has previously raised concerns among police officers detailed to protect him."

good lad

[tim2100]

They are only going 1000mile so why would they need £100k security for 3 days riding.

[trumpet600]

Why do they need security anyway?

They are in the army. Aren't they trained to kill any longer?

[FourWheelDrift]

trumpet600 said:

They are in the army. Aren't they trained to kill any longer?

Government cutbacks, they are only allowed to kill 3 people each a year now. If they go over quota they are charged for the ammunition.

[Phone_Monkey]

y2blade said:

"William has long had a love of powerful motorbikes - owning a 175mph Honda Blackbird - which has previously raised concerns among police officers detailed to protect him."

good lad

Thought he had a blade at one point, but his bodyguard refused to ride with him cos he was a nutter or something?

[trumpet600]

Phone_Monkey said:

cos he was a nutter or something?

That'll be the inter-breeding.