The Crown - fact or fiction?
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British Prime Ministers and the Royal Yacht Britannia
I think the Britannia thing obviously came to a head under Blair rather than a major. The really obviously difficult conversation in the early 90s was about the Queen paying income tax because before that time she had not paid income tax. And you will be talking about exactly that question with King Charles now. I'll tell you one thing about the prime ministers and the Royal Yacht Britannia. We saw in the Thatcher era, when Julian Anderson was playing Thatcher, that straight after the prime minister resigns is ousted, she has made a night at the guard. Do you know who my favourite character was in the crown? John Sopel. Really? Yeah.
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