"I am disappointed at all the whining in this thread"

You're not paying for them - feel free to chip in with a quid or so anytime!

Come to think of it, you could always re-instate them as your own Monarchy, then you'll have to put up with Chaz bleating on about things he holds deeply conservative and slightly unimaginative views about, such as modern architecture and urban planning. In fact he's even built his own village, Poundbury, which whilst it does have some good ideas to challenge the vacuous nature of modern planning practice it also looks like a cross between a new estate complete with tasteless twee neo-classical architectural elements, some Stepford Wivesesque idealised chocolate box version of an English village and something Thomas Kinkade puked onto canvas in one of his bogglingly awful paintings.

Shame he doesn't stick to farming and stuff. We couldn't afford his expensive organic wares up here up north (and we have lots of our own anyway), and it is mainly or tourists but his Duchy Ale is actually rather good.

Come the revolution, when we've sent Betty and the others down the dole office to sign on we could take over the brewery and make Republic Ale! Woo-ho!