[Groop] even the UK has pirates....

chris.emmett at hsbcib.com chris.emmett at hsbcib.com
Wed Jul 11 09:38:33 PDT 2007


She's the one who mandates all the privateers. The Queen delegates jobs
like this since it aids deniability. Our Prime Minister had a similar
system.

<scene>
Queen - "Who will rid one of these vexing Spaniards who are removing all
the gold from theirthe colonies which by God's will belongs to England?"
Vice-Queen - "Ah ha!"
<cuts to filthy dock in Plymouth>
Vice-Queen - "Walter, here's a parchment authorising you to pillage Spanish
ships"
Raleigh - "Right you are, your Royal Vice-Highness"
<cuts to filthy Court-room in Runnymede>
Queen - "It was a rhetorical question. One does not involve oneself with
such things. Besides, that all stopped years ago. Isn't there a statute of
limitations in one's country?"


Womble






There are junior royals?!? Like a Vice Queen or something?

on 7/11/07 9:40 AM, Bodhikt at aol.com at Bodhikt at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/11/2007 12:58:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> chris.emmett at hsbcib.com writes:
>
>>> I believe we call them "privateers" and they're in the employ of the
Queen
> (well, not any more obviously) :-)<<
> So you're saying this black-market vendor has/had royal backing?? I might

> suspect this of a certain one of the junior royals... but not the Queen!!
>
>
>
> Kaytee
> Proudly marching to a different kettle of fish
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