ShortHand: Princess Anne’s Kidnap Chaos
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ShortHand: Princess Anne’s Kidnap Chaos

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202633 min

This week, we’re taking you back to 1974 for a rollocking royal story that The Crown won’t tell you - the time a young Princess Anne was almost kidnapped by a gun-toting loner outside Buckingham Palace, in a shower of bullets and stiff upper lips. The Anne-cident changed royal security protocols forever. But would The Firm be changing their ways? Not bloody likely. Featuring an ex-boxer vigilante, a somersaulting princess and an outrageous extortion plot, you don’t wanna miss this one. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full...

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Yeah, out of touch my arse humble over here. Plugging in our own mics.

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Anyway, a very royal welcome to Short Hand for you. This week we are going to revisit

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Let's party! Hello. Hello. Round two.

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Yes. We just started recording and then realised that I had failed to plug the microphones into the Rodecaster. Yeah, out of touch my arse humble over here. Plugging in our own mics.

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I've been humbled. I've been fucking humbled. Anyway, a very royal welcome to Short Hand for you. This week we are going to revisit the British royal family, even though she is my favourite in the world. Because I'm not allowed. But I do still think that the Queen

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