Originally Posted by Andy n Grasya
... that's fine; everybody's entitled to his/her own opinion!
Yes, and... he DID have to at one stage - he even had occasion to claim Unemployment Benefit - admittedly. But "get real," Andy! That was for [at most] a few short months back in 1981 ... an era when £53 a week was worth a helluva lot more than it is nowadays. Added to which, he would've undoubtedly received a [fairly] generous Army Pension following his 5 years' service as a commissioned officer in the Scots Guards.
Thereafter, he worked in the armaments trade ... first, I believe, with GEC~Marconi - and later with another firm dealing with the sale of guns- before being "fired"
(read made redundant) himself. Despite being a
by birth, it appears he barely "set the heather alight" in either position.
However, his fortunes changed again when, within a year, he'd married the daughter of a wealthy baronet - as a result of which he, his wife and their 4 kids eventually finished up living rent-freein a substantial cottage on his rich father-in-law's estate.
Yet one MORE example of a privileged character - whose contact with harsh reality has long~since faded - living in 'Cloud~Land'!
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