I think it's perfectly acceptable for Charles and Harry to call brown-skinned people 'Sooty' and 'Paki'...

[MrsGrouchoMarxMerryHenry]

...so long as we can all refer to them by the endearing little nickname I've thought up for them: 'moronic fuckwit'!

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Apparently the two Asian men in question were quite happy to have the Princes refer to them by the above names. Yeah, right. I bet they were delighted. I can just picture the scene:

Charles: I say, old boy, you're looking rather sooty these days. Mind if I call you that as my fond little nickname?
Kolin Dhillon: Of course, my clever little arsehole. You know, you're just like your adorable father. Actually, it's been a lifetime ambition of mine to have the future King use a racist term of abuse as my hilariously chummy nickname. Nothing would give me greater pleasure. More tea?

They really are loathesome individuals. I couldn't bear the idea of the Royal family even when they were just over-privileged, scrounging wasters, but how can anyone defend them now?

I got confused by the Sooty reference

I thought he was yellow?

that's just a red herring mp...

It appears that The Windsors have been reading far to much Famous Five. In one of their books Julian and his chums come across a curious little dark skinned boy who is named "Sooty".

My chin nearly hit the floor when I read it aloud to DS a while back.

now I know they are definitely red

Lala - I am wetting myself laughing at your guillotine reference!

morningpaper - I think the 'Sooty' thing is not about the character, but referring to skin being dark and 'sooty'.

aha you see but SOOTY and SWEEP - now what is going on there eh

InnocentBystander - I'm - do you mean to say that Enid Blyton books represented brown-skinned folks in a less than favourable way?

MP, I think you'll find that in the beloved children's programme it's a veiled reference to creative doggy sexual practices

well i always wondered about sooty and sweep's relationship.
and then there was Sue, too

oh phew, that's ok then!

(ah. I somehow confused Sweep and Soo. Of course - Sweep's a boy too!)

god, they are an ingorant bunch of wasters. Time we were rid of them, I reckon. What purpose do they serve? Lets kick them out, take back what's ours and make them work for a living

It is derogatory

but then this week dh and I had to explain to a Councillor (not far from you MP) that the N word is not on in light entertainment

so i'm not surprised at thes people

just saddened and determined to make sure my kids do better

I am always dreaming that I'm having affairs with Tories and Royals

I know it would kill DH either way

pmsl mp

I confess i'd rather be dumped for anyone but a Tory

I don't think dh would dare

Hear, hear, BabyBaby!

Clarrie - even an estate agent? Come on! What about a Tory estate agent?!

Those Royals are a lost cause. I despair

Oh yes Mrs Groucho - one book had them coming across a drunken old whiskey swigging theiving git who was named "Jock". That made me PMSL as well.

On the Sooty and Sweep theme perhaps the bloke has a polo horse named Sweep,

Come on are you realised suprised that these inbreds educated at Eton and Sandhurst hold un-PC views???

Given the credit crunch perhaps we should stop giving them allowances from our taxes??

Anyone wanting to get rid of the whole bloody lot of them, step this way:

Republic: campaigning for a democratic alternative to the monarchy

Although, of course, the guillotine wins my vote every time. Imagine how many tourists that would attract!

Oh, and check out Ds's t-shirt on my profile page too!