Prince Harry & a goat. Why isn’t there fan-fiction about this? I don’t mean in the creepy sexualized goat-p0rn way. I mean, why isn’t there fan-fiction about Prince Harry and a goat going off and having adventures in English meadows? A ginger prince and his lovely goat, frolicking in some flowery pastures. Perhaps they can solve crimes together!
Anyway, Harry was spending quality time with a goat yesterday because the goat is your new Cressida Bonas. The Queen approves. The Queen was quoted as muttering, “Well, Charles married a horse. My grandson can marry a goat.” All goat jokes aside, Harry was attending the 50th anniversary screening of Zulu, which is apparently one of Harry’s favorite movies of all time. The goat was there because she’s carrying Harry’s BAAAAH-beh. No no no, the goat is a boy. The goat’s name is Shenkin and he’s the regimental mascot of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh.
The 50th anniversary release of Zulu benefits Walking with the Wounded, Sentable and The David Rattray Memorial Trust. To promote the re-release, Harry told reporters: “I watch this film every single year before Christmas time. Maybe once. Maybe twice.”
As for the film… it was one of my dad’s favorites too. He made me watch it years and years ago but I don’t remember much about it. My dad always loved these kinds of British stories – he always called it “the Old Empire connection” (he was Indian, obvs). But it is a particularly colonialist story, you know? Sigh… my dad loved goats too. Not as much as Harry loves goats though. I swear to God, it looks like Harry is asking Shenkin if he wants to have a drink later.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
That pic of Harry smiling with that headline? Gold. Absolute gold.
“Perhaps they could solve crimes together…”
Lol. How adorable!
I wanna stroke Harry’s goat.
Can I? Can I stroke his goat?
Lol, I bet he wouldn’t mind.
Murder, He G(r)oat? Harcule Poirgoat?
Poor Harry got manhandled by an enthusiastic fan, too. No, it wasn’t me.
@bluhare HAHAHAHA!
What is really amazing is how that goat looks very aware. Like he knows that Prince Ginger has just broken up with Cressie and this is his chance to catch a vulnerable prince-all he has to do is look interested.
Ha!
Why is this now playing in my head? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_PJPDMXHOw
Did Michael Caine also attend?
God, Harry is the absolute opposite of William. Love him! Wish he could be the Kind, instead. He seems to actually enjoy meeting and understanding the British people…
William can be or act engaged when he wants to. I think Harry has an easier time being engaged though. It’s more natural to him and he has a sense of duty.
•Florc•
Exactly, I think William struggles but once he ‘let’s go’ he can be just as magical as his brother.
True. Once someone has established a reputation for something people don’t want to see anything else. William may never be as relaxed and charming as his brother. But if you read anything about William other than snarky press you realize that he can be funny, engaging and often humble. And people don”t know that one of the reasons the princes are so close is that in many ways they are a lot alike. Now if only big brother would step up to his full potential…
•Snark•
I think William shoots himself in the foot too. He holds himself back and shoots himself in the foot by being seen as a ‘relectant royal’. Couple that with his reserve and people often won’t look for his good points.
I was watching interviews of them throughout the years on youtube. They just have completely opposite personalities. William does great with one on one interviews but sucks as a crowd pleaser. He seems to enjoy conversation and can engage that way. Harry doesn’t do well with a one on one at all. Almost like it’s way too invasive. He really seems to hate it. But does amazing in crowds. It’s like all the attention is on him but not on a personal level and he thrives in that environment.
•Stephanie•
I’ve never thought of it like that. Hmmm. Interesting.
Harry and William, I think, do have to engage with the interviewer cuz I have seen some fantastic one-on-ones with both of them.
William, especially with family around, including Kate, can let go and shine in crowds. It’s almost like he needs certain people to relax…
Lady Slippers
In crowds William seems to shine when he is engaged with his family but not engaged with the crowd. It seems to me that he just can’t focus as well or doesn’t really do well with small talk with strangers. Not a bad thing. Harry seems to like meeting people and is comfortable with … lol I can’t think of a term. The awkwardness of speaking to someone you don’t know. It’s like Will is uncomfortable with the floundering but great with a person or topic he knows (very Charlesish) while Harry likes being in a place where it’s not necessary to get into depth.
Dear Penthouse….
*groan*
I know.
The Harry Hand Porn alone is….
I just looked at the goat again. It’s exquisitely groomed and look at those hooves!! My nails are a mess and this Barnyard Sexpot is manicured to hell and back. That goat is hot.
LOL
Rotfl!
Ginger is the absolute best remedy for migraines! 😜
And y’all should check out his blushing pics. Outa this world adorable!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2654322/Is-nanny-home-Harry-meets-Welsh-Guards-regimental-goat-screening-mark-50th-anniversary-Zulu-movie-regiments-famous-engagement.html
So sorry about your migraine. Feel better.:-(
Pics are adorable.
Thanks Dahling.
Ugh, I awoke at 3:30 a.m. with a migraine, & then couldn’t find my pills. Had to roam around the house squinting, with an icky stomach, but found them after not too long….And I was just thinking yesterday that I hadn’t had a migraine in several weeks!
•Azurea•
{{HUGS}}
Migraines suck! I hope your meds kicked in. I get mine (25-30 migraine days a month) so often that sometimes I just lay and bed and not move.
Hopefully, mine will improve as I have a new neurologist but I’m not like the new meds I’m on. Yucky yucky side affects.
*LadySlippers*
Hugs back! The meds did work (I take Relpax,) but my neck & shoulders are pretty sore today in the aftermath. I used to be like you, chronic migraine, in my mid-40’s , it’s awful! Have you tried taking magnesium & Coq10 as natural preventatives? They help me quite a lot. I did get Botox for about 3 years as well, but it stopped working very well, & my insurance situation changed 2 yrs after my husband died, so I gave that up. My neurologist wanted me to go on Topamax as a preventative, but after reading up on the “side” effects, I declined. From what you say, it sounds as if you might be on one of those heavy duty drugs. You might also want to look into the nascent iodine products sold at infowars.com/store. Just about everyone is low on iodine, & that can really cause migraines. We sufferers need to stand together!
*LadySlippers*
Hugs back! The meds did work (I take Relpax,) but my neck & shoulders are pretty sore today in the aftermath. I used to be like you, chronic migraine, in my mid-40’s , it’s awful! Have you tried taking magnesium & Coq10 as natural preventatives? They help me quite a lot. I did get Botox for about 3 years as well, but it stopped working very well, & my insurance situation changed 2 yrs after my husband died, so I gave that up. My neurologist wanted me to go on Topamax as a preventative, but after reading up on the “side” effects, I declined. From what you say, it sounds as if you might be on one of those heavy duty drugs. You might also want to look into the nascent iodine products sold at qinfowars.com/store. Just about everyone is low on iodine, & that can really cause migraines. We sufferers need to stand together!
Azuria 🙁 Here’s a non-sufferer sending you prayers for better health.
LS
Hang in there, Looney!
•Azurea•
Thank you!
I love my Relpax but it only tackles my pain (it never aborts my migraines — none do) and I still struggle with vertigo, dizziness, and nausea. Anti-nausea meds help but only with the nausea. The vertigo and dizziness (among other migraine related issues) remain.
Oh preventatives. Lord. I haven’t responded well to anything really. Even health food supliments and I’ve tried a lot (I’m limited now because money is SO tight).
Beta-blockers drop my blood pressure super low; calcium channel blockers cause weight gain and menstrual issues (I’m on it now) not to mention I’m fairly certain it’s depleting more than just calcium from my system; topomax was just evil and horrendous; trycyclics are also evil…and I’ve tried homeopathic stuff and lots of vitamins/minerals, and superfoods. No dice, including Mag and Co-Q10. And now I can’t afford to buy them. The activated co-enzyme of B2 helps on occasion though. But it’s spotty at best (better track record than the pharmaceuticals though! Lol And with better side affects).
Epsom salt (mag sulphate) baths do help but not always. Apple cider vinegar seems to help as well but it’s not consistent either.
Although, I do have a friend that loves and couldn’t live without her topomax so not everyone has such a yucky response to it.
Nascent iodine you say? Do tell me more. I’d rather not go the Botox route but if it helps I’m pretty desperate. This is just an awful way to live, ya know?
•Azurea•
Do you use nascent iodine yourself? And has it helped?
Interesting reading especially if it’s true that most of us are iodine deficient. And what the various affects are — including heavy metal toxicity.
LadySlippers….oh dear, you are a tough case! I love the nascent iodine, it has really helped my energy level & drastically improved my chronic sinus problem.
I’ve been on it for about 6 months. I’m not sure how much it’s helped my migraines, because they had already diminished significantly the past several years. Still, I do recommend it highly! (I also now drink reverse osmosis water that I also put through an alkalizing filter.)
A lot of the things I’ve tried have helped, & I still do a lot of them. Since I’ve gone through menopause my headaches are much less a problem. I seem to go through spells of them….I swear I still have hormonal cycles, & it was my cycle during perimenopause that started the damn headaches. I do have to say that I did a lot of energy healing for several years. Doing that & becoming more attuned to energy stuff helped a lot over several years. Anyway, I do feel so fortunate that Relpax does get rid of my headaches & nausea, & often I only take half a 20 mg pill. It sounds like you are very proactive in trying to heal yourself, & that is always
a positive. <3 to you in your search for relief.
Dame Snarkweed, Thank you! Positive wishes always help! 🙂
•Azurea•
Which brand do you use? Have you tried others? I’ve been on Amazon looking at reviews (love those reviews!).
And thanks so much for the info. I’ve passed on a few links about it to a couple of other people that struggle with health issues as well.
😊
*LadySlippers*
GM! I use the Infowars brand. They now have
a new one, which is sourced from iodine deep below the surface of the earth, so not subject to any contamination from radioactivity. They also have Flouride Shield, which has iodine + herbs which are good for
clearing the body of heavy metals, etc. I may try that one when I have finished the plain
nascent iodine. I also just started the Female
Vitality. I’ll let you know how it goes! 🙂
Daily Fail also has a story about Cressida stepping out for an art gala. (Fergie and Eugenie were there, too.) Headline says something ridiculous about her copying Duchess Kate b/c her hair is blown out. Enough comparisons.
I like her outfit, but the backless top leaves little to the imagination — major side boob. Maybe that was the idea. She doesn’t seem to be going away.
The media will continue to follow her until Harry starts dating someone new and even then probably not after all they are still doing stories on Chelsy and Flee.
Actually, that seems the fate of every single person whose ever dated a royal from ye old times to present.
•LAK•
It does seem that way doesn’t it? I’m think they think, ‘Hmmmm slow news day, wonder what dirt we can dig up about this royal ex-girlfriend….’ And thus we have a new story about said ex-girlfriend.
•Lucretia•
The comparisons are silly. *eye roll*
Cressida has often been in smaller news outlets because of her aristo background and her friendship with all the Yorks’. The difference is now the greater media has caught on and she sells. So regardless of actual status with royal ex we still are forced to read about them. You’ll see Koo and Chelsy still have articles written about them too in the same manner. People feed on the smallest royal scraps.
And Cressida’s outfit is a hot mess. Tacky and yucky. Her make-up and hair are gorgeous just wished she carried that thought all the way to her toes.
Who is Flea? And yeah, the dress is a mess.
•Snark•
Flea is an ex of Harry’s but they only dated for three months or so. Unlike Chelsy or Cressida, it wasn’t very long at all. But that doesn’t matter to the press as she’s an identifiable royal ex. That’s all that matters.
Want me to find a link?
these are some of the stories that pop up from time to time even though they dated back in 2011 for only 6mths. And all i put in the search engine was ‘ex-Harry Flee’
2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2180370/KATIE-NICHOLLS-DIARY-Flee-breaks-Harrys-heart-hops-ex.html
2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2257778/Prince-Harrys-old-flame-Flee-marry-St-George.html
2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2552428/Missing-Prince-Harry-Royals-model-ex-girlfriend-Florence-Brudenell-Bruce-showcases-toned-physique-swimwear-campaign.html
the woman is married and she’s still referenced as Harry’s ex!!!!
Sorry about the migraine. Relpax is the only thing I have that even touches the pain. Often, it still bounces back within 24 hours or so. But, for the time it takes it away, I’m so freaking happy. I still get the whole exhausted, sore, off feeling post drome part of the migraine though, but I’ll take the grogginess over crippling pain, I suppose. I could take a whole bottle of Advil and it wouldn’t have taken away the pain. Relpax is a life saver.
•Erinn•
Yes, Replax is a godsend. When the pain is really bad I’ll combine Replax, naproxen (Aleve), and caffeine. Great combo for me.
The super bad ones require an ER visit and I usually need a double dose of dilaudid to tame the pain. Which is better, I suppose, than eating a bullet.
{{HUGS}} to you too. Migraines are yucky.
That is one handsome looking goat!*
*number 798 on the list of sentences I never expected to say.
I love the look on the goat’s face in the second picture. He looks like he’s in on the conversation with Harry and the extremely decorated man.
That is a cute goat!
I neeeeed that goat in my life.
Spit coffee all over my phone with this one, thanks! Why is a goat their mascot anyway? Is there an old middle ages story about how the goat saved the unit? Anyoneknow?
Yes! The BBC reported in 2006 that the tradition dates back to a life-saving goat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/justthejob/takeitfromme/star_shenkin.shtml
Note that the goat was on hand to be eaten…
(The Welsh regiments were reorganized that year: there used to be two regiments with goats in the ranks. Wikipedia suggests that the goat may date back farther than what the BBC reports.)
Of course it was a life saving goat! Thanks for the link! There’s something really funny about forcing a goat to listen to the Spice Girls.
Seems appropriate. That’s how they sound.
A life saving goat. This story keeps getting better, especially with the life saving goat who nimbly avoided the dinner pot angle.
Only it appears that the life-saving goat may STILL have been eaten! Queen Victoria gave the regiment ANOTHER goat.
There is nothing about that BBC interview with the GOAT that doesn’t amuse me.
My neighbour keeps goats. She makes gorgeous fudge from the milk, which is a good thing – because I don’t like goats. Unstable, stroppy creatures with a penchant for knocking you off your feet with a well-timed head butt. I speak from experience.
•Sixer•
MissSlippers wants a few goats. And baaaad. 😜 But she wants the dwarf ones…
And what’s the deal with this movie? I’ve never heard of it (not surprising all things considered). Is it good? Worth finding?
I can’t get past this goat. I am in love with it. (not in the way that must not be expressed) but it’s just so awesome. I think it maintains it’s looks with sunscreen and squats a la Candace Swanepoel. She is prob sooo jealous of that goat and Harry. I personally love the fainting goats. Okay, I will seek help now.
•kri•
That’s one mighty fine looking goat. You are totally normal!
Sincerely,
Dr LadySlippers
(But I wanna be a DO and not an MD — just to make sure we’re clear on my imaginary medical degree!)
😉
Yeah, she better keep that fudge coming.
@GoodNames – precisely. Goats are a menace. Fudge is their only saving grace.
@LS – Zulu? Politically speaking, it’s a British equivalent to an old American cowboys and Indians film, so um… yeah. You know what I’m saying. In its defence, it does end on mutual respect between the soldiers and the Zulus but that’s the best I can say. However, in technical terms of quality of direction and acting and putting the dodgy political assumptions aside, it’s a brilliant classic film. It’s the Michael Caine debut. Popular with the older generations of my family (who are Welsh) because there’s a tearjerker of a scene featuring the soldiers singing Men of Harlech.
•Sixer•
Oh lord.
So watch but expect to cringe too? Got it. Lol
Fun Facts that may only interest me:
~Bravo Zulu (BZ) means ‘Excellent Job’ in the US Navy. It was introduced in the 1970’s by Adm Elmo Zumwalt (awesome name).
~AND St Elmo is one of several patron saints of sailors! How cool is that???
He’s not going to be able to make fun of his brother’s hair much longer….
I know! It’s so sad. I’m so vain about it, but if Wayne Rooney could fix his shit, why for the love of God can’t Harry?! He’s a prince! It’s his duty to his country to look that good.
A weird English version of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
There were some great photos of a woman hugging Harry and his reaction was so charming. Seriously after Diana he is the only one who gives some memorable photos from these otherwise boring walk abouts.
•Angelic•
In the link I posted I think you can see her hugging him because that’s what caused him to blush so deliciously!
He does give good pic, doesn’t he?
““Well, Charles married a horse. My grandson can marry a goat.” ”
I KNEW the QUEEN would be a great gossip partner!!!OOOOh I’d love to have a tea with her !!!!
That was awesome, wasn’t it?
I know goats and that ain’t no ordinary billy goat. Besides, I think he is better looking and more manageable than any of his “lady” friends.
In de 2nd pic Harry is like: ‘Where do they keep him? Why havent i sen him around before?’
A trade up from Cressida – well done Harry – and the lovely goat has a grin more expressive than Will’s Wife.
confession: My brother and I used to watch Zulu over and over again when we were kids. I kind of had a crush on the young Michael Caine. The movie is problematic in all those old imperialistic and racist ways, but at the time it was made it was considered very liberal and unusual for the respect it gave to the Zulus.
•Amy•
Thanks for the heads up! Lol. I think we all have cultural classics that are also cringeworthy. Oh well. As long as we learn and grow from it. That’s the important part in my opinion.
Considering the real history and how celebrated this episode is, i should hope they’d be respectful to the Zulus despite the eventual outcome.
The Zulus are celebrated for their military strategy which the British completely under-estimated thinking they’d thrash the natives with a few guns.
It’s about time someone made a film about Shaka Zulu to re-balance the narrative.
Have you seen the Shaka Zulu miniseries from 1986? I think was about 5 hours, total. Edward Fox was in it.
Yes. I saw it when I was little. Then again recently because someone uploaded to youtube.
I loved the headline. I didn’t read the whole thing at first, and just laughed, and the cover pic is puuurfect, correction, paaaaafect.
My godson and god daughter are Zulu nobility on their mon’s side. I met their grandfather and in the distinguished, proud and illustrious bearing department I doubt anyone in the BRF could have given him a run for his money. In fact, it would be so awesome if African nobility were more well known. I confess to knowing nothing about them. And this *doesn’t* include the African ‘royals’ who fill up my inbox with crazy emails lol.
Well, several African Royals are known in the west.
Elizabeth Bagaya, Princess of Toro – several books on her published by Simon and shulster and Hyperion. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/the-model-princess-who-swapped-glitz-for-culture-1592989.html
And we regularly hear about the annual virgin bride choosing antics of King Mswati III of Swaziland. i wish we knew more than this sort of thing about him or that he would modernise away from it. when you google him, that’s the first thing that comes up.
Not to mention Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.
•LAK•
They aren’t well known in the US at all. None of them are.
*IF* Americans know anything about any Royals it’s your current Royal Familiy that we are most familiar with! Lol. So much for our independence, eh??? 😉
LS: I was making the point that some *have* penetrated the western bubble in response to the Dame’s post. West meaning all countries in the west not only America. Doesn’t mean they have tumblrs or that level of public awareness though in the case of Elizabeth Bagaya, i might start a tumblr on her behalf.
Elizabeth’s heyday was the 60s, but she’s fallen so far off the grid that few outside East Africa know/remember who she is. If the cuttings are to be believed, she was very famous in USA and UK as a model/high society girl about town during which time she scored the first ever Black model fashion spread in American Vogue and Harpers Baazar – very strange that she’s never given this credit. In the 70s/early 80s she was a diplomat and a lawyer though the drama continued to extent that she was immortalised by Private eye.
As for the others, The King of Swaziland regularly makes headlines in the UK for that particular ceremony which doesn’t mean people can pick him out of a lineup, but many know about the ceremony and why they have it.
Prince Seeiso is associated with Harry and Sentebele. Whether people can pick him out of a line up is also up for debate.
LAK
This is awesome. I’m off to google. Also, isn’t it true that Kenyans, in particular, have a lot of *ahem* unrecognized aristocratic lineage?
•LAK•
Penetrating the US’s bubble, as you probably know, is far tougher than the West’s in general. Sad but true.
I know Seeiso and the yucky Swaziland king, but then again, I am a Royal Loonie. Most Americans though wouldn’t be able to pick out your Alexandra out of a line-up, much less anyone from a royal family in Africa. Same would be true of Asia and almost all of Europe as well.
The US’s bubble is big and often seems impenetrable…. This is so true for a multitude of reasons.
Dame: i don’t understand the question. Do you mean unrecognised by their African/Arab or European Aristocratic families?
Culturally, African and Arab families always recognise the child though they also acknowledge the mother ie wife or mistress. European Aristocratic families behave as they always behave everywhere so yes, i suspect lots of unrecognised descendants though i wouldn’t put a number to it.
LAK
Yes, their English forebearers from the aristocracy. I have heard that some BEAs have more than a little of that bloodline. Speaking of Arabic EAs do you know what Arabs call their royals? What is the equivalent of prince/duchess etc? Are they young and glamorous? I’m quite desperate to shake things up a bit.
LadyS
Can you recommend any bios of the Japanese RF?
French aristocracy more often than not recognized all kids in the “family”.
•Ronia•
Continential Europeans tended to elevate or ennoble entire families, yes! Very different from other countries. 😊
Ronia
Yes I had forgotten this.
•Snark•
So sorry — missed your question as it got lost visually in all the words! (That’s why I offset names with •s now).
There are a few bios on the Japanese Imperial
Family but none that could readily called ‘reliable’ because they are about as secrets give as the NSA.
I still have yet to read the really controversial one about Masaka…
Dame: with Arabs, look out for an ‘AL’ in their name. For example Mohammed Fayyed of Harrods fame wished everyone to think he had royal blood and so added it to his name to become Mohammed AL Fayyed. It’s been found not to be true and he has dropped it.
Beyond that they seem to use Sheikh/Sheikha as a royal title. My favourite Arab royal purely for fashion reasons is Sheikha Mozah Bint Nassar Al Misned of Qatar though she should have stayed away from the cosmetic procedures.
I also love Princess Laila Salma who is the Princess Consort of Morocco. She refused to be a stay at home/kept in a harem type princess and is leading from the front as a visible and present consort. She hasn’t reached Rania of Jordan levels of being a consort, but she’s heading that way.
Ps: to your earlier question about African Royals, I forgot to add the Moroccan Royals!!! Very remiss of me. They were invited to the WK royal wedding.
LOL! …” it looks like Harry is asking Shenkin if he wants to have a drink later.” He very well may be. Per Wiki – “There are perks to the job of regimental mascot. Billy gets a two-a-day cigarette ration (He eats them, as traditionally, the tobacco is thought to be good for the coat.) and Guinness to drink when he is older “to keep the iron up.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_mascot
(about half way down the page, under “The Royal Welsh” section).
I read it as Prince Harry strokes his goat.
I have such a dirty mind.
Bye everyone.
Migraine sufferers unite! Have you ever thought about seeing a chiropractor? I go every couple of weeks and that plus extra strength midol or BC powder helps me much more than any herbal remedy or prescription. Hang in there!