Anthony Holden

Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#between #came #deal #did #done

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#built #competition #design #did #financially

We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#beyond #could #damage #done #enormous

What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#better #charles #means #others #press

What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to breathe. She was very unhappy. She was feeling pretty claustrophobic. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#claustrophobic #feeling #get #give #her

What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we're chatting away, nice to see you. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#chatting #exactly #funny #going #immensely

When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?' ↗

— Anthony Holden

#ask #could #enough #excuse #good

While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#being #book #charles #observer #sunday

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#carlton #debate #even #famous #four