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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Philroc (talk14:49, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that 4 year old Prince Charles took photographs from a 9ft tall ladder? Source: "I resorted to firing off a number of action shots with a camera. At the sight of this Prince Charles perked up. "What are you doing?" he asked. I told him, whereupon his immediate response was, "Can I come up there and take one of you?" "Of course," I replied, absently not dreaming that he meant it ... "Just look a little mon,. to the left and keep like that." I reeled off more shots. Finally I told him the ordeal was over and thanked him for posing. His instant reply was: "Well, can I come up now and take a picture of you?" I looked anxiously at Nurse Lightbody-Nurse Lightbody looked uneasily at me. "Well, as you've promised ..." Together we hoisted the Heir Apparent up the ladder. The 9 foot structure now seemed horribly high, and I had visions of a body hurtling to the ground, the royal neck broken and myself under guard, being frogmarched to the Tower. The Prince had no such misgivings. Impatiently, he waited while I hung the strap around his neck and explained the camera's workings, then, waving an imperious hand in my direction, he ordered: "Now you go down there and be Prince Charles." Somewhat startled by this suggested reversal of our roles, I hurriedly complied, smiling bravely up at him from the gallery. The camera clicked and the deed was done" ("The Coronation Painting", 29 October 1977, The Illustrated London News)
  • Reviewed: 2 Broadway
  • Comment: Could I have this as an April Fool's Day DYK?

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 19:40, 7 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]