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In reply to the discussion: How do you feel about today's British Royal Family? [View all]BMW2020RT
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I have no doubt that Britain has it's share of racist assholes, not unlike the USA. And I am sure the royal family is not immune to that particular illness. That being said, I have yet to encounter any ugliness or have a bad experience during my visits.
Wait, strike that. I did have an experience that was simultaneously frustrating and funny, although I didn't see the humor until later.
I was returning to London from a day trip to Chester. Near the Euston train station we were asked to change trains and take another route into the city. I learned later there was a fire on one of the trains at the Euston station which necessitated a temporary closing. The following day I read an article in the Times that described the scene with eye witness accounts. I was tickled by the words of one witness who said of the pandemonium that ensued, and I paraphrase, "There was glass breaking and screaming until someone shouted 'Hey, we're British, let's act sensibly!'"