To think that the media is really irresponsible to publish pictures of D and DOC at a train station in this climate?

[Marmiteandjamislush]

Firstly I am anti-royal so I have to be honest, generally I couldn't give a monkey's about their 'privacy'. I just think it's stupid to print them when we are on high alert. Train stations are massive targets anyway, but stuff like this just makes them even bigger. I am right in thinking it shows complete disregard for public safety and National security. Let's be honest the first hint of trouble the royals will be whisked off out of danger, whilst we plebs are blown to kingdom come.

How many spaces and any letters in?

How many letters? Ooh, THOUSANDS

Thanks Holden

My dd was til recently at school very close to NATO and the EU. Often we were stopped on the school run by military police escorting the great and powerful to meetings etc, hindered by shut tunnels due to European summits etc. Not once have I fretted over our personal safety. You can't legislate for nutters. But where the VIPS go, also go the security services. Who take this shit seriously. Obama practically shut down Brussels.

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I didn't realise the seven dwarfs took the train - were they singing hi hoooo?!

For the millionth time... terrorists want to have us be scared, change how we live, think about them every second, divide us. The best possible thing to do is ignore them entirely, change nothing about how we live, stay on the Tube, keep flying, be nice to each other, especially if the person next to you looks a bit like people who 'scary' in the press. I'm not a fan of the Royals but the one thing they do is stoic in wars. God Bless Her.

On the same day, the Queen was spotted and pictured trip - trotting on a pony outside the Balmoral gates. It seems she was only accompanied by one groom. Maybe he was a ninja groom. Such madness out to be stopped, and the queen should travel about in a bullet proof tank.

Either that, or she should wear a riding helmet.

Groan at thousands BOF

Marmie, you'll be awright, mate.

If I was the Queens I'd totally go everywhere in a tank, a purple one trimmed with ermine.

My house is right in the centre of Cardiff. Am I worried about this week? Probably.
Am I going to hide in a bunker ? No.
I will head to work across the road from where the heads of state are eating dinner this week and hope that 9,500 police are able to keep me and my home city safe.

HotPink - was the bullet fired as your Dad shook hands with Charles? How exciting. And yet just another day in the life of the Prince - a Royal Target.

I picture Charles on a tour of your Dad's accounting office... he moves around the desk, towards the window, extends his hand - 'Ah HotPinkDad... delighted, delighte...' - BLAM! *!?&!!@**

The air clears, the accountant all rise from the floor, and the shocked silence gives way to a hushed chorus of 'Good Lord!', 'I say!' and some quiet jocularity about accountancy not being as boring as others would lead one to believe. 'Do call again, Your Highness... no, the window, please don't mention it'.

OMG - did prince Charles try to shoot your dad?

No he'd met Charles several years earlier.

The bullet was fired when he was adding up sums.

Nope Charles did not attempt to assassinate my dad. He did spit gum out and put it straight in his pocket without wrapping it in a tissue, or hanky though

A ninja groom

HotPink That was before we lost the War against Maths

Eww, so Charles has sticky pockets? His valet has his work cut out for him, by the sound of it. Bates from Downton has killed for less.

The UK's terror thread has only risen because of NATO. Which is logical given all the most important world leaders (well, except Putin) will be in South Wales.

I think you're being a bit paranoid.

Grim isn't it?

I spend several years at war with my dad over maths. I won. I still can't count, he still can't believe I function like a normal person despite a complete inability to understand numbers.

Which abject noun can we go to war against next?

We've had War on Drugs, currently War on Terror. What next?

I thought Norfolk was being bombed though? Not Wales?

That's not helping the op. For gawds sake, she needs a county she can be safe in!

The War against shiney weasel faced professional politicians for whom reality is abstract?

Bit long that HotPink, though I do like your thinking.