would sit on the stairs after a long evening and go, ah! , and talk to herlady in waiting. it was quite funny, there were many a time i had to ask her, excuse me, your majesty, would you mind moving, i have to bring the chairs down . 0h, am i in the way? yes! and it was that sort of rapport, but within 20 minutes it would be all back in the right place ready to start again. keeping the crew fit and healthy were the cooks, the medics and the pti, the physical training instructor. george explained how they made the most of limited space with an ingenious take on tug of war. there would be a team here which was the port side, and you would have the rope which would be laid up here, and then it would go round the capstan, here, across here, to the capstan, and then down here you would have your opposition. so they re sort next to each other? so you re throwing abuse at each otherfrom either side. and sometimes there would be a royal ringer.
everyone will know. in the state dining room, these days available for hire and laid up for dinner, we find former steward peter. it s not that he works here any more, he just can t resist making sure everything is shipshape. he recalls how the crew, known as yachties, would have to set up and dismantle functions in a matter of minutes. so you would have to bring the furniture down past the stairs, and nine times out of ten the queen always used to, when i was there, would sit on the stairs after a long evening and go, ah! , and talk to her lady in waiting. it was quite funny, there were many a time i had to ask her, excuse me, your majesty, would you mind moving, i have to bring the chairs down . 0h, am i in the way? yes! and it was that sort of rapport, but within 20 minutes it would be all back in the right place ready to start again. keeping the crew fit and healthy were the cooks, the medics and the pti, the physical training instructor.
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