teddy Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Royal Family in new race row By The Mirror The Royal family found themselves caught up in a new race row today after it emerged the Prince of Wales has been calling an Asian friend by the nickname â??Sooty". Charles has been referring to Kolin Dhillon by the moniker for years whenever they meet at Cirencester Polo club where they are both members, according to a source. Princes William and Harry also play at the club, which is close to their father's Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, but the source was not aware of the young royals using the nickname. The development comes a few days after Harry was widely condemned for calling a former Army colleague "Paki". Prime Minister Gordon Brown branded the comment unacceptable and the Prince, an officer in the Household Cavalry Regiment, faces a dressing down from his commanding officer. The source said Mr Dhillon was "comfortable" with the nickname which Charles uses but when William and Harry were boys they referred to the player by his surname and Christian name. The use of the word is at odds with Charles' interest in Britain's wide ranging ethnic minority community and his championing of inter-faith dialogue. Graham Smith, campaign manager for the organisation Republic, said: "I think it goes to show the royal family are not a symbol of unity, it's not something we can rally around, they're quite divisive. "People are saying they are not racist but on the evidence in the public domain I think that's to the contrary. "It also shows how hugely out of touch they are and that they live in a very isolated world, only mixing with a certain kind of person." Harry was caught on film three years ago referring to former Pakistani platoon member Ahmed Raza Khan as "our little Paki friend". A St James' Palace spokesman said the 24-year-old Prince was "extremely sorry" for the comment and stressed that he had been speaking to a friend without malice. But the soldier's father, Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Abbasi, has accused Harry, who is third in line to the throne, of using a "hate word" against his son. When asked about Charles' use of the nickname Sooty both Clarence House and Cirencester Polo Club declined to comment. The Telegraph newspaper's Mandrake column first reported that Charles had been calling Mr Dhillon Sooty, but it also quoted an anonymous Cirencester polo club member as saying William and Harry also used the nickname. Clarence House later issued a statement which said: "We are not going to comment about a nickname which allegedly is used in a particular club. "To imply the Princes are racist is ridiculous. Through their charity work all three of them are committed to helping people both in the UK and abroad regardless of who they are." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Remind me to never play polo at that club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 It gets worse OH, much worse PRINCE Charles's brutal assaults on a polo playing Asian friend are just playful banter, it was claimed last night. As Britain's Royal Family was once again exposed as a bunch of shits, friends of the Prince say multi-millionaire Kuldip Singh Dhillon loves nothing more than a sound beating at the hands of the future king and his sons. One source said: "They give him a head start and chase him round the paddock, waving their mallets in the air and shouting 'run Sooty, run!'. "When their Royal Highnesses finally catch up to him they swipe at his legs to bring him down and then set about his head and body with blow after affectionate blow. "Sometimes the beating has to stop for a few seconds because everyone is laughing so much." The cheerful violence was revealed just days after Prince Harry alienated two-fifths of the world's population and Prince Edward was caught on camera taking a stick to his labradors because they are black. Meanwhile the parents of Royal girlfriend Kate Middleton have urged their daughter to break-up with Prince William and start having sex with a footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 When their Royal Highnesses finally catch up to him they swipe at his legs to bring him down and then set about his head and body with blow after affectionate blow. Strange fellow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Kill them all .... all of the British royals. Who the f*** is interested in them anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 awww, diddums. wake up on the wrong side of the bed today cup cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 No but if over half of the recent topics are about either the US or British royals it does get me ticked off. Who gives a fuck that the Brits are wankers? We knew that already .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 This all tabloid bollocks. Apparently everyone calls the guy Sooty and they've being doing it for 20 odd years. It's his nickname and he likes it. Bunch of arseholes the British press (most of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 This all tabloid bollocks. Apparently everyone calls the guy Sooty and they've being doing it for 20 odd years. It's his nickname and he likes it. Bunch of arseholes the British press (most of it). Yeah ..slow news day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 There is more than enough news, but why post it here? Now if it was something remarkable ..... like: *$3,800,000 for Short Time! or *Lust in space Than I could understand it. But why post about this .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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