a Scottish drink, I might have known. True-blooded Englishmen have been getting drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence, on gin for centuries. But I suppose she was doing her bit for the Union.
She also did her bit for the tobacco industry, smoking Player's. Apparently at one soireé, which included Peter Sellers and Noel Coward, when she lit up a Player's, Sellers remarked, "That's a rough old fag you've got there, Ma'am". Coward was not amused!
Feel a bit sorry for him, but hey, he was in a very high profile job, so can understand that he really did sack himself. Silly man to lose a good job like that.
I take it to mean "removed from royal duties". You can't be fired just like that before a full disciplinary hearing.
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You most certainly can in HM Forces. He may well have been given what is known as an SNLR letter(Services No Longer Required), which can be served on you at any time during Armed Service for a multitude of reasons.
This 'soldier' may have had several misdemeanours during his short service and this could have been the last straw.
Don't forget that anything deemed wrong (twisted bootlace on parade etc) can result in a Section 69 charge: Conduct Prejudicial To Good Order and Military Discipline. This idiot may have built up a few, not seen as serious but this latest escapade may have resulted in and brought about his SNLR letter.
Well, seeing as the newspaper running the story cannot get confirmation of what has happened, it's a bit of a non story.Like so many stories printed these days it's all "ifs" "buts" and definite "Maybes".