"He'll be grounded!"A van drove past the huddled crowds every hour announcing that "due to unforeseen circumstances" the changing of the guard would not be happening today. Was this anything to do with Charles's situation? Probably not, but it was fun to speculate.Alena Steflickova, 19, from the Czech Republic had heard something was going on but wasn't sure what. "It's something to do with his marriage, isn't it?" A student taking a gap year in the UK, Ms Steflickova couldn't understand the fuss "We have a president in the Czech Republic. You think it's a big thing to see the Queen, but I don't think so."Froukje Boomsma and her mother Lida from the Netherlands were on a weekend break.
"I saw a picture in a newspaper when we came here," said Mrs Boomsma, "but I don't know what it is It wasn't in the Dutch papers What is it?"Her daughter had not heard the rumour either "There are problems with the Dutch royal family, though. One of our princes has a fianc?and there are scandals about her past," she said "I'm not pro-Royal Family in general. It's just not democratic."You can always count on Californians for a conspiracy theory, and Ron Bei, 53, obliged. "If Prince Charles is trying to cover something up it will only make it worse," he said "I hear two or three different things Something with his mistress or having his wife executed I reckon it's one of those."Now this was getting silly. Sue Mooney, 53, from Windsor, thought her neighbour should come clean "The mind boggles I think it's about _____________.
It should be made public they're on the public payroll."Finally, we found an Italian who thought he knew the full details. Davide Proverbio, 30, from Milan, said: "My friend say that he's ____________ he read it in an Italian newspaper. It's big news there."Was that it? If so, Mr Proverbio was inclined to say, "So what? It's not a problem, but maybe it is better that English people know. In Italy we haven't a monarchy so we can't understand the problem. We have Berlusconi, though."Alors! A Frenchman arrived, at last Time for the full and graphic details It is, of course, forbidden for us to pass them on .. unless we do it in French, maybe Do you think? Just between us, then, don't tell anybody.
