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I remember the Falklands War - I was very young at the time - (same age as you) I found an old diary from the time - pages and pages of me complaining about my hair and a final line which mentions us going to war! There was also a rumour that went round at school that Prince Andrew had died (at war) Imagine an alternate reality where this happened - he would never have got to Pizza Express or on Newsnight.

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That is indeed an aircraft carrier in your photo. I believe she is HMS Queen Elizabeth, sister ship to HMS Prince of Wales, which is a weird familial situation, even for our weird, incestuous royal family.

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So, when you invent a Time Machine, steal the aircraft carrier and travel back in time, you are leaving your family behind, marrying Ann Boleyn and becoming a bigamist?

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Two different time zones. Can’t be a bigamist if my current wife isn’t born yet. Gonna Gary Sparrow the fuck out of it!

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That’s not what a Time Zone is, Richard. You’re still a bigamist if your other wife happens to live the other side of the international date line.

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But you have to remember it’s not like back to the future time travel. When you go back to the past, it’s actually your future, you’ll still be married . It’s a paradox

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Aug 30·edited Aug 30

If you had usurped Gouty Henry 8th, you would’ve become ‘King Richard the Fourth’.

Incidentally, the fictional King Richard IV was played by Brian Blessed in The Black Adder.

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