How do Charles and Camilla fly?
Nov 2, 2005, 12:51 am
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How do Charles and Camilla fly?
Just curious, do they fly BA across the pond or a private jet? I'm particularly curious about how they'll be arriving in San Francisco for their visit here later this week. Thanks for any info.
Nov 2, 2005, 1:16 am
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When the Three Princes (Chuck, Bill and Adolf) visited Vancouver some years ago Chuck and Adolf flew across the pond in a private jet loaned by a wealthy private citizen. Due to reasons of succession and security, William flew separately.....
Perhaps Camilla and Charles have chartered their own jet, either a business jet, a BA jet, or a RAF plane...
Perhaps Camilla and Charles have chartered their own jet, either a business jet, a BA jet, or a RAF plane...
Nov 2, 2005, 2:40 am
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For helping people with the above translation:
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Nov 2, 2005, 8:07 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
For helping people with the above translation:
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Nov 2, 2005, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by sh9168
Leave the poor boy alone. He's not even sure who his father is!! Di was having an affair 9 months before his birth.
Nov 2, 2005, 9:10 am
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Just as the U.S. Air Force has a unit based at Andrews AFB operating Presidential and VIP transports, the RAF has a similar squadron.
Quoting from their website at:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page2611.asp
The King's Flight, founded in 1936, became No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron in 1995 and is used by ministers, commanders and the Royal Family to provide transportation throughout the UK and around the world.
Charles and Camilla may have used private jets to keep a lower profile on this visit.
Quoting from their website at:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page2611.asp
The King's Flight, founded in 1936, became No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron in 1995 and is used by ministers, commanders and the Royal Family to provide transportation throughout the UK and around the world.
Charles and Camilla may have used private jets to keep a lower profile on this visit.
Nov 2, 2005, 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by greggwiggins
Just as the U.S. Air Force has a unit based at Andrews AFB operating Presidential and VIP transports, the RAF has a similar squadron.
Quoting from their website at:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page2611.asp
The King's Flight, founded in 1936, became No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron in 1995 and is used by ministers, commanders and the Royal Family to provide transportation throughout the UK and around the world.
Charles and Camilla may have used private jets to keep a lower profile on this visit.
Quoting from their website at:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page2611.asp
The King's Flight, founded in 1936, became No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron in 1995 and is used by ministers, commanders and the Royal Family to provide transportation throughout the UK and around the world.
Charles and Camilla may have used private jets to keep a lower profile on this visit.
Nov 2, 2005, 11:33 am
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I don't know if this means anything but the Queen of England was invited to visit New Zealand and flew on an Air NZ jet in first class, just her and her staff.
Her name legally had to show up on a passenger manifest so they came up w/ a psuedonym and she was the last person to board.
Her name legally had to show up on a passenger manifest so they came up w/ a psuedonym and she was the last person to board.
Nov 2, 2005, 12:39 pm
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
For helping people with the above translation:
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Chuck = Charles
Bill = William
Adolf = Harry (the Halloween clown)
"Gifted" private jets or chartered flights (including BA planes) is not unheard of.
Nov 2, 2005, 12:39 pm
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The Times reported that the prince chartered a 757 at a cost of a quarter million pounds (charged to taxpayers). Environmentalists are outraged at the extra emissions/pollutants; they argue he should have flown BA First instead - a scheduled plane that was going anyway.
Nov 2, 2005, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by civicmon
I don't know if this means anything but the Queen of England was invited to visit New Zealand and flew on an Air NZ jet in first class, just her and her staff.
Her name legally had to show up on a passenger manifest so they came up w/ a psuedonym and she was the last person to board.
Her name legally had to show up on a passenger manifest so they came up w/ a psuedonym and she was the last person to board.
Nov 2, 2005, 1:02 pm
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>do they fly BA across the pond or a private jet?
When Queen Elizabeth last visited Canada she flew here in a Royal Canadian Air Force airbus. As our head of state visiting her Canadian "home" she flew in one of "her" RCAF planes.
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
When Queen Elizabeth last visited Canada she flew here in a Royal Canadian Air Force airbus. As our head of state visiting her Canadian "home" she flew in one of "her" RCAF planes.
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
Nov 2, 2005, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
The Times reported that the prince chartered a 757 at a cost of a quarter million pounds (charged to taxpayers). Environmentalists are outraged at the extra emissions/pollutants; they argue he should have flown BA First instead - a scheduled plane that was going anyway.