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Limited The Royal Reign Commemorative Book with Pete "I'm talking rubbish" Simon
Not only have they got the cheek to be asking £294.99 for this book, (yes, that's £294.99 plus p & p), but Pete has now lost his grip completely (the female guest presenter was almost as bad). The whole presentation seems to consist of him saying "oh this is remarkable", "this is fascinating", to cover up his lack of actual knowledge of dates and facts. Some of the rubbish from his lips so far:
"this is the change from gas to electricity" (Eh? Do I hear you say "whaaat?".......don't ask would be my answer)
"she became Queen at the age of 21 when her father King George died".... (she was born in 1926, so she was actually 25 - almost 26 - when he died)
"this portrait has never been seen before" (it has, it's in many books about the Royal Family) - he repeated this about other photographs, that have also appeared before in other publications - OK, there might be a few that haven't been seen before, including one of the ugliest pictures of her I've ever seen, but to say that they are all previously unseen pictures is a total fabrication
"here, she looks like a young Princess Margaret" (it was a picture of the Queen at the age of 51, at the 1977 Silver Jubilee, and neither he, nor the guest presenter, seem to know it was a picture of the Queen doing a walkabout in the streets during the Silver Jubilee celebrations)
"I think of her in 1966...a black and white TV, the World Cup was being played and she was (silence)"........ by this point, I was shouting at the TV "playing in goal??"
We've also had a long ramble about Beijing, and I have absolutely no idea what he was rambling on about. He's also been staring at the camera in complete silence for about 6 seconds while he scrambles around for something to say. This man has totally lost whatever remained of the plot. Oh gawd, he's now on with a Sterling Original watch hour....he's just pronounced the Royal Jewellers Garrard as "jarrod" - but of course he knows them so well! Yeah, so well that you can't even pronounce their name, Pete. Someone must have now shouted down his earpiece, because he quickly corrected himself. Just when you thought he couldn't get any more amateur, he proves you wrong...
Not only have they got the cheek to be asking £294.99 for this book, (yes, that's £294.99 plus p & p), but Pete has now lost his grip completely (the female guest presenter was almost as bad). The whole presentation seems to consist of him saying "oh this is remarkable", "this is fascinating", to cover up his lack of actual knowledge of dates and facts. Some of the rubbish from his lips so far:
"this is the change from gas to electricity" (Eh? Do I hear you say "whaaat?".......don't ask would be my answer)
"she became Queen at the age of 21 when her father King George died".... (she was born in 1926, so she was actually 25 - almost 26 - when he died)
"this portrait has never been seen before" (it has, it's in many books about the Royal Family) - he repeated this about other photographs, that have also appeared before in other publications - OK, there might be a few that haven't been seen before, including one of the ugliest pictures of her I've ever seen, but to say that they are all previously unseen pictures is a total fabrication
"here, she looks like a young Princess Margaret" (it was a picture of the Queen at the age of 51, at the 1977 Silver Jubilee, and neither he, nor the guest presenter, seem to know it was a picture of the Queen doing a walkabout in the streets during the Silver Jubilee celebrations)
"I think of her in 1966...a black and white TV, the World Cup was being played and she was (silence)"........ by this point, I was shouting at the TV "playing in goal??"
We've also had a long ramble about Beijing, and I have absolutely no idea what he was rambling on about. He's also been staring at the camera in complete silence for about 6 seconds while he scrambles around for something to say. This man has totally lost whatever remained of the plot. Oh gawd, he's now on with a Sterling Original watch hour....he's just pronounced the Royal Jewellers Garrard as "jarrod" - but of course he knows them so well! Yeah, so well that you can't even pronounce their name, Pete. Someone must have now shouted down his earpiece, because he quickly corrected himself. Just when you thought he couldn't get any more amateur, he proves you wrong...