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* Prince Harry, younger son of Charles and Diana, once came as close to this trope as he could ever get in this day and age by participating in a "homeless for a day" event with a load of other volunteers. The half-dozen [[MI Bs]] loitering at a discreet distance probably didn't improve the already dubious authenticity of the stunt. |
* Prince Harry, younger son of Charles and Diana, once came as close to this trope as he could ever get in this day and age by participating in a "homeless for a day" event with a load of other volunteers. The half-dozen [[MI Bs]] loitering at a discreet distance probably didn't improve the already dubious authenticity of the stunt. |
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** For that matter, the Prince's service in Afghanistan with the British Army might also count as this, as the government went to a lot of trouble to keep the details under wraps. It doesn't seem to have worked terribly well, as even before the story leaked he'd acquired the rather unflattering nickname of "the bullet magnet". |
** For that matter, the Prince's service in Afghanistan with the British Army might also count as this, as the government went to a lot of trouble to keep the details under wraps. It doesn't seem to have worked terribly well, as even before the story leaked he'd acquired the rather unflattering nickname of "the bullet magnet". |
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***Though as far as that goes that may not have been so bad. As irregulars almost invariably get slaughtered in a stand up fight(which is why they fight a guerrilla war in the first place)anything that can tempt them to give battle is arguably a net advantage. |
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* Doing this can have embarrassing results. During a visit to the theatre in the 1920s, King Alfonso XIII of Spain was unceremoniously pushed aside by a deputy mayor's bodyguard that didn't recognize him. One can only imagine his face when he got told. |
* Doing this can have embarrassing results. During a visit to the theatre in the 1920s, King Alfonso XIII of Spain was unceremoniously pushed aside by a deputy mayor's bodyguard that didn't recognize him. One can only imagine his face when he got told. |
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