With reference to Ken's fawning 'I'll always be a royalist' post.
My much loved great uncle was a local Labour councillor, and had to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace, under much duress, when he was Chairman of the old Ossy Urban District Council.
He remained seated throughout the national anthem, just as he always did when it was played.
That's when socialists were socialists.
I did something similar, when we were all asked to stand as Princess Michael of Kent entered the concert hall at the Barbican, in the row directly in front of ours, and I was the only person to remain defiantly seated.
My Uncle Joe would have been proud.
