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Prince William “determined” to be posted in Falkland, says London press
Britain's Prince William is apparently battling to serve in the Falkland Islands with his Royal Air Force (RAF) search and rescue squadron. The pilot Prince is determined to fly alongside colleagues when they are sent to the UK outpost within the next two years. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnother royal family member coming to Malvinas to play with penguins, but please do not tell the brits Malvinas is a colony.
Sep 27th, 2010 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ale, you Argies just have Royal Family envy. Get a life!
Sep 27th, 2010 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Without doubt the Falkland Islands are a colony. Its ownership is illegitimate. If not why? both revenues by Prince William, the British know, every time it is more difficult transparent usurpation of the islands.
Sep 27th, 2010 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ant, perhaps next time you could leave your comments in English...
Sep 27th, 2010 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 02 @
Sep 27th, 2010 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Envy!, Ja ja ja .. ..
Good joke, The Argentinians do not believe in titles,
My English is bad
Does that mean you won't be turning out to watch His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter go past?
Sep 27th, 2010 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He is always welcome to “chopper” some miles west and visit Her Royal Highness Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau in her sommer residence estancia in Chubut Province :-)
Sep 27th, 2010 - 05:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Sep 27th, 2010 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What..?
Sep 27th, 2010 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He is supposed to serve as a S&R pilot, so are the Argentines going to refuse to be rescued if he is the pilot?
Sep 27th, 2010 - 09:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Sep 27th, 2010 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Justin, To rescue somebody in need is a honorable cause and nobody should refuse that. Mr Williams looks like a good man however the issue here is not about rescue. He is a member of the royal family and to come over Malvinas now on top of oil drilling in a highly disputed are is like throwing fuel on the fire.
Sep 27th, 2010 - 11:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“ .. would inflame a delicate political situation... ”
Sep 27th, 2010 - 11:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hell, we're way passed 'delicate'.
“ .. highly disputed are ...”
Really, who by? We have no doubt about our sovereignty :-)
Ale, The Royal family tend to keep their nose out of politics, that the job for the elected leaders to sort out. He would be posted here plain and simple as Pilot Officer wales just like Pilot Office Smith or Jones - for “x” months to do the job as a professional that they are paid and trained to do. Neither Press nor Public would be able to get to him same as they cannot to any other serving person here without permission, his Uncle did a stint here as helicopter pilot for 4 months - no issues, in fact probably had far more of a normal life that back in UK.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 01:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mr Hoytred, “We have no doubt about our sovereignty ”
Sep 28th, 2010 - 01:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Neither do we down here. And by the way how's the weather in London?
Ale- one big difference - we have it and you don,t.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 03:10 am - Link - Report abuse 09 @ ... .. What ...?
Sep 28th, 2010 - 03:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is not understood, is very bad my English language? I have to practice more.
Taringa.com I better go and return later when I improve my English language.
Greetings.
Mr islander, “we have it and you don't.”
Sep 28th, 2010 - 03:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who's we?
The Falkland Islanders of course .... an Overseas Territory of Great Britain.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 05:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0And the 'it' ........ sovereignty! Very difficulty to have that if you are not in actual possession ....... come on Ale .... wake up and smell the roses :-)
Who is Mr Williams?
Sep 28th, 2010 - 05:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yep Ale
Sep 28th, 2010 - 06:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Tuesday morning and the Falklands are still not Argentine
how's the weather in London
Pissing down with rain
dont know about Spain or Italy though
Ale,
Sep 28th, 2010 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Whatever the weather in London, the islanders merely have to look out the window to see what the weather is like in Stanley. Stick around for 5 minutes and you'll find it has changed.
How is the weather in Buenos Aires?
He is serving his country, working as a Search and Rescue pilot and a mature democracy shouldn't need a pretext to kick up a fuss over nothing. Argentina kicks up a fuss over the slightest pretext, which probably explains why the speech at the UN received no coverage.
Argentina complaining about the Falklands? Dull, routine and uninteresting.
Ale, who is Mr Williams?
Sep 28th, 2010 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mr23, William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales , I think you knew anyway but thank you for the correction.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mr#22 “Argentina complaining about the Falklands? Dull, routine and uninteresting”
Of course, from somebody living in Glasgow 14000 km away I am sure it is.
About the weather where I live, not too far from Malvinas, still a little cold and rain moving away, spring is back! How is it in Glasgow?
Oh, Mr Wales. Now I get it...
Sep 28th, 2010 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yeppp... , Him.... the Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Farter.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 06:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@26 Twinky. When are you coming to somewhere where you can be hanged for that?
Sep 28th, 2010 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mr #26, Yeppp... , Him...jajaja
Sep 28th, 2010 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He's not a just a Companion Twinky. He's a Royal Knight Companion. Never been to hot on facts have you...
Sep 28th, 2010 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ale, obviously the point passed you by, I don't claim to live there, you obviously don't but the islanders do. The fatuous remarks about geographic location are not grounds for ignoring what yoyu don't like to hear.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I see the Argentine “contributors” standards haven't risen.
Well, I am very sorry sir that my standards did not satisfied you and come to visit Malvinas or any part of Argentina soon.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You assume many things, all wrong.
Sep 28th, 2010 - 11:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No such place as “Malvinas”.
Sep 29th, 2010 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0l hope Prince William has a great time in the Falklands. l have been told that you can buy Foster's lager there now.
Sep 29th, 2010 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0I believe so, but im not a fan of the stuff personally. I hear they don't even drink it down under?
Sep 29th, 2010 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Back to the subject.
Sep 29th, 2010 - 11:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is good to see Prince William following in the footsteps of his uncle, His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Canadian Forces Decoration, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty.
We should not forget that Her Majesty's insisted that her son be allowed to remain with his ship, meaning Andrew remained on board Invincible to serve as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot, flying on missions that included anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, casualty evacuation, transport, and search and air rescue during the Falklands War.
Are you sure Typhoon? im sure an Argy told me that ship sunk.
Sep 30th, 2010 - 12:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0Have you not heard of the British-invented submersible aircraft carrier? I'm surprised at you, Zethee.
Sep 30th, 2010 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0I've actually seen a 22 page forum thread of an Argy trying to convince people that the ship sunk and his entire argument was down to the position of the Phalanx CIWS on a photo.
Sep 30th, 2010 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not to mention that it's a scew on/off system.
He was under the impression that the entire crew + news teams on board were killed and covered up and the ship requiring thousands of people to build was built in quiet.
It's just mind numbing.
Did anyone mention that Phalanx CIWS was fitted to Invincible in 1983? It was one of the lessons from the Falklands War. I believe it was added to Illustrious in a rush in June '82.
Sep 30th, 2010 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, But you should well know that facts don't matter to these people.
Sep 30th, 2010 - 02:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You guys love to talk and laugh about some Argentinians conclusions about the Invincible. I can compare that whith Maradona's goals against England in 1986. Nobody in England wanted to talk about the second extraordinary goal. All they wanted to talk about was the one he scored a few minutes earlier, with his fist. But England fans will never be able to forgive that player is not his cheating, but his running around five England players like wooden posts.
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 04:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nobody cares about that fat little junkie any more!
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 07:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Football ...Pah!
Womans game played by overpaid brainless prima-donnas.
Rugby, now there's a man's game!
Cadfael , You missed my point.
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 03:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nah, you missed making one!
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You don't want to see it. perfect example of what I was talking about.
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually Maradonna's second goal was voted one of the greatest goals of all times in a poll organised by the BBC. And there aren't enough Scotsmen to have skewed the poll.
Oct 02nd, 2010 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So you original premise was BS.
What they won't forgive is the cheating, the English have a thing about playing the game its just not cricket dear boy. Which is why I miss the old Scotland/England games, seeing their faces when Scotland kicked their arse.
Just like our Rugby team kicked the pumas arses ... twice, and in argentina at that!!!
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 09:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, I was try to make a comparisom about why the British love to talk about the Invincible and a few believers that it was sunk, but did not like to talk about the rest of the fleet that was severely damaged during the war. Who cares about rugby, at least I don't.
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but did not like to talk about the rest of the fleet that was severely damaged during the war.
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 04:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Or the gallant Argie surface fleet confined to port after the sinking of the Belgrano
What fleet? hahaha
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mmm, again no that is not the case Marcos, the RN from the outset expressed their admiration at the bravery of the Argentine pilots. Nice try, no cigar.
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A theme is developing, you make an assertion but when you actually look at it, it simply isn't true.
Thanks, JK. I was going to say that, as I wasn't too sure what Marco was on about, I would have to state what both fleets did:
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Which was: as far as the RN was concerned, was to stay out there, support their ground forces and face ferocious attacks from an extremely brave Argentine air force. The fact that the RN did so says an incredible amount about their bravery.
The Argentine naval forces, on the other hand, slunk home. Which does say, give them their due, if nothing else, a huge amount about their common sense.
If he meets an Argentinian chick, he'll put loneliness aside in Falklands...lol
Oct 03rd, 2010 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@51 British forces at sea consisted of:
Oct 04th, 2010 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 02 aircraft carriers;
2 assault ships;
6 submarines;
8 destroyers;
15 frigates;
4 survey vessels;
2 despatch vessels;
5 fleet replenishment vessels;
5 fleet tankers;
5 support tankers;
6 landing ships;
1 helicopter support vessel;
46 “merchant” vessels.
That's 107 vessels. In other words, a fleet.
Argentina managed to damage or sink 13.
12% casualty rate. If I recall the Argentine at-sea casualty rate was 100%. Two damaged or sunk. Rest ran away. Can anyone remember the casualty rate for Argentine aircraft?
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