Industry | 2009.11.06
A peek at the diary of Prince Edward | Marina Hyde
\'It\'s great to be able to carry on my father\'s work, as the torch of crass insensitivity is passed on to the next generation\'
It can\'t be long now before the Duke of Edinburgh\'s award is renamed the Earl of Wessex\'s award. It\'s great to be able to carry on my father\'s work , as the torch of crass insensitivity is passed on to the next generation. Typically, though, some wilfully misunderstood my comment about the upside to a teenager\'s death while on an expedition . I just pointed out that the risk of death is thrilling, as though the young people are foolhardy innocents keen to join the 20-minuters, as opposed to mostly being required to orienteer through an Epping Forest picnic area.
Was slightly confused to find the Palace unsupportively declining to explain away my comment. I can\'t be expected to clear up my own mistakes. I wouldn\'t even know where the butler is kept, let alone the cleaning products. And, frankly, I haven\'t made such a success of something since masterminding It\'s A Royal Knockout , though naturally the media only ever point out any worthwhile project\'s most minor faults – in that case that it was probably the beginning of the end of the monarchy – and overplay the fact that I stormed out of a press conference wearing a sweatshirt reading, "No, I just look like him." Tiny details – where else could you see the Duchess of York bellowing while Barry McGuigan grappled with Meat Loaf ? I was the first creative director to dress John Travolta as a vegetable. That\'s called thinking outside the box, and I\'d love to see DofE youngsters develop the skill. Survival permitting.
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