Sandhurst

Although, have to say, in the army, I used to go...

Certainly when I was at Sandhurst, I used to go to, um, church services there, largely because you got given cups of tea and biscuits.

And then my friends who were Roman Catholics told me that they actually got given wine and beer at the Roman Catholic after, sort of after the service type thing.

And it was remarkable-

This became his ideal, and the Middletons became the role models for his future with Kate.

The whole family had joined Kate when William finished his army training at Sandhurst, with a traditional passing out ceremony in the presence of the Queen.

At such a high-profile event, their presence was taken as a sign that Kate had become the official girlfriend of the prince, and that her family were important to him.

Kate's mother was an air hostess and her father a flight dispatcher before they started a party goods business that made them millionaires.

But, you know, again, even though, um, even though World War I hadn't broken out yet- You know, um, something not quite, but precedent to war fever seemed to be in the air.

Mosley under, he, he, he took the test for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

He was accepted.

Um, for the next nine months, um, he trained as a cavalryman, um, and a dragoon.

You know, like the front fighters don't have a voice in the House of Commons.

And even like Lloyd George is a good man and he helped us when we were under fire literally, but he, even he doesn't really understand." You know, um, so the guy really stepped in as kind of Mosley's patron was Sir Harold Nicholson, who was a really crazy guy, uh, like, like literally.

Um, Mosley had met him when Sandhurst initially, uh, had expelled him, Sandhurst Military Academy.

It was when Mosley was a cadet.

His poor performance in school led to a strained relationship with his father, who had high expectations for his son.

After Harrow, Churchill entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

This marked the beginning of his military career, which would significantly influence his later political life.

He served in various parts of the British Empire, including India and Sudan, gaining firsthand experience of British imperial power.

We're doing the Komodo parting corner, I think.

Because we talked about last episode, the mayor of Sandhurst, Graham Birch, challenging Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, to a boxing match for charity.

And I had to go back and make sure that we weren't too, you know, I think we were pretty neutral on the prospect, but... which is a good thing because Graham Birch...

I think we called him clout-chasing.

He's bench-pressing Biggles.

That's all I know about

Sandhurst.

Here's the thing, right? I would suggest, you know, diplomatically, that you pay a man in his own currency, right? I don't go to Europe and throw five-pound notes at them, right? So...

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They have that money-spinning tie there, which could then earn them more revenue.

Bracknell Town played that in a place called Sandhurst because their original ground was too small.

So they had to play it somewhere else.

And then if they had got a draw, I think in all honesty, they had every right.

And I think he was quite keen at the time of exploring the possibility of a loan of the tapestry to the UK while the Bayer Museum was closed.

And I think the next kind of milestone really was in 2018 when Macron said that this was something that he wanted to see happen at this summit with Theresa May in Sandhurst.

But then it kind of went a bit quiet for a while.

There was a bit of discussion at the museum amongst myself and my colleagues about, you know, if it was to come to the museum, what are the sorts of things we might like to do with it? But then it did sort of go quiet for a while.

I mean, my dad was in the army.

My dad was a colonel in the Jamaican army, but my dad was at Sandhurst with Andrew Parker Bowles.

That's Camilla's ex-housemate.

Yeah.

So my dad was an army officer.

British then became independent head of the Jamaican army.

So when my dad went to Sandhurst in the 50s, Andrew Parker Bowles, our queen's husband, was his mate.

Andrew Parker Bowles came in at my mom and dad's wedding.