tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post6928517566744664861..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: How Lord Mountbatten Saved IndiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-86919480303206220312007-05-06T16:54:00.000-05:002007-05-06T16:54:00.000-05:00How ironic that this was the man who oversaw Briti...How ironic that this was the man who oversaw British troops leaving India who the IRA murdered, a man deeply sympathetic to the national asperations of the Irish, the one man in the establishment who could have been seen as such.<BR/>It served absolutely no purpose but instead sent a wave of revulsion against the terrorists.<BR/>As an aside, I remember reading Christopher Hitchens's article that said how "The consulate in Chicago is still reeling from the time when [Princess Margaret] commented on the assassination by saying bluntly: 'Irish pigs.' Nobody quite believed the cover story that this was a misquotation for 'Irish jigs.' Ah, the magic of monarchy..."Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.com