Royal strategists spring into action – Brand Republic
Is there a new PR hand at work behind the scenes at Clarence House? I ponder the question because of what appeared to be a deft and aggressive media strategy emerging in the wake of the Prince Harry video story in which he referred to a friend and fellow Army officer as ‘our little Paki friend’. The blanket coverage of ‘Sootygate’ gave Clarence House a renewed opportunity to deny that any of the princes were tainted with racial prejudice. It also succeeded in spawning acres of media and chatroom opinion…

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh ‘take an interest’ in crop circles – Telegraph
The Queen has a keen interest in crop circles, thought by many to be the handiwork of extra-terrestrials, according to a letter from her private secretary. The letter, from her private secretary, read: “Her Majesty has taken an interest in the mysterious crop circles for some time and was sad to hear your results of years of research into the question are at risk through lack of funds.”…

Video: Grizzly bearskin – The Sun
A Queen’s guardsman saw red when a giggling student took the mickey out of him outside a royal palace by mimicking his actions – and went on the attack. …he got the shock of his life when this one lost his cool and quick marched over to him and clipped him round the back of the head and aimed a boot at him…