Wow - guess that Vanity Fair article really hit home.

What a weirdo.

Will he be filing a U2 form forthwith?

Maybe he can get a real job now? Maybe the Murdochs will hire him, after all him and Fergie have shown that when it comes to money, they will do anything. Anybody else would have been arrested on corruption charges.

Sir

The position of “Special Representative for Trade and Investment” was created ten years ago as a job for the Duke to do at the end of his Navy career.

The position was un-paid, although the British government paid for the expenses involved. The records show that the Duke has tirelessly travelled the world and that he has been very successful in promoting British trade. As a member of the British Royal family he could get access to world leaders and use his influence on behalf of British exporters, - especially so in the Middle East.

He has made mistakes, and he has not been helped very much by the behavior of his ex-wife. However it must be said that he has been a very successful envoy for Britain and that he has helped to win many major contracts.

Not all of the "mistakes" were his fault, - for example, it was the British government that asked him to cosy-up to the Gaddafi family, although the Duke has since been widely blamed for doing so.

Let us hope that the British government and the Queen give him a new role which will make use of his ability to absorb hard work and of his extensive political contacts around the world.

I think it is worth remembering that the Duke did not have to take this un-paid job; he is enormously wealthy and could well have sat back and done nothing.


Sincerely, Derek Lantin. http://dereklantin.booksabuzz.com