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Royalty: a constant temptation to idiocy

It is, of course, inevitable that if two young adults find each other physically attractive, they will dally, cavort, couple, or perform the rituals of mating. It has always been true; so why should we be so amused when someone suggests that two young Royal adults do the same?

But we do. And Iain Dale picked up on a BBC newsreader who was remarking on one courtship ritual - where the prince's helicopter, naturally, became a "chopper" ho ho ho.

Almost as daft as the Sun's headline when another prince returned from the Middle East, and the headline: "Harry's back in Chelsea" appeared. Snort, smutter...

Oh, dear.