Queen Elizabeth has purchased the world’s hottest gadget — an Apple iPod — a 6GB silver iPod mini to be exact. “The 79-year-old monarch despatched a flunkey to buy the mini digital music player which has become all the rage,” John Kay reports for The Sun.
“‘The Queen loves music and was impressed by how small and handy the iPod is,’ a royal insider told The Sun. “Obviously it is quite complicated to download songs, but I’m sure one of the courtiers will do it for her. Prince Andrew will probably also help out because he’s a real dab hand with gadgets,” Kay writes.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: “Thy choicest gifts in store, on her be pleased to pour…” It’s not at all complicated to download songs from the iTunes Music Store — Queen Elizabeth could do it — but if we had courtiers, we’d probably make them do it, too. If by “downloading,” Kay really means “ripping” instead, those courtiers would definitely be doing it for us, complete with artwork. GSTQ!
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iLizabeth, ROFLMAO
long live the queen… and her ipod’s battery too!
I’m not likin all this talk of us English all being inbred. If you were to norrow this stereotype down to certain Counties such as Norfolk, Cornwall and Devon i’d be happy to agree with you, but this assumption does not apply to the whole country.
Oh and i said English, say what you like about the scots and the welsh, esp the welsh.
Now leave me, my sister and our 8 toes (between us) alone!!
It’s just the royals who were referred to as being inbred. Just take a look at their lineage.
I read a newspaper account of that story, and it said that the courtier (= lackey) tried to haggle down the price – with a purchase of one item!
That iPod mini probably costs less than half as much as one of her ludicrous hats, and she sends the footman out to go and haggle at the Apple store….
Well, crapola!
I JUST got my iPod mini, and here I find out Bush and Cheney have them, too.
Guess I’ll have to get rid of it. Geeeeeez!
Ann OnAMouse
>Well, crapola!
I JUST got my iPod mini, and here I find out Bush and Cheney have them, too.
Guess I’ll have to get rid of it. Geeeeeez!>
You’ll have to get rid of your rear end also, Bush & Cheney have one.
Take care not to fall off your mouse Ann.