""automatic entry into privileged bits of the armed services for them,""

Andrew: Priveleged to fly a Sea King Helicopter in the Falklands. ""Prince Andrew's place on board "Invincible" and the possibility of The Queen's son being killed in action made the British Government apprehensive, and the Cabinet desired that Prince Andrew be moved to a desk job for the duration of the conflict. The Queen, though, insisted that her son be allowed to remain with his ship, meaning Prince Andrew remained on board Invincible to serve as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot, flying on missions that included anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, casualty evacuation, transport, and search and air rescue. He witnessed the Argentinian attack on the SS Atlantic Conveyor, and was one of the first to take off survivors.

Prince Andrew remained with Invincible until 1983. In Commander Nigel Ward's book, Sea Harrier Over the Falklands, Prince Andrew was described as "an excellent pilot and a very promising officer". He was decorated for his service in the Falklands.""

Harry: Deployed in secrecy to Afghanistan. ""It was later reported that, while in Afghanistan, Harry had called in United States Air Force air strikes, helped Gurkha troops repel an attack from Taliban insurgents, and performed patrol duty in hostile areas.

He is expected to be again deployed to Afghanistan as an Apache attack helicopter pilot.""

Privilege eh? I bet none of you would want to change places with them, and none of our politicians are sending their sons.

And the queen herself has a work schedule which would kill any of you who piss and moan about her, assuming any of you would take on that kind of work ethic in the first place.

I suspect your trade unions wouldn't permit you to work more than 60 hours a week, which is a bloody sight less than she does.

A sinecure?......Yeah, Right!

Don T.