Captain of HMS Brittannia 'loses it'

By Neil UmblyOur Royal Correspondent

queen-cameronIn a remarkable example of life following art, a trial has revealed that the captain of the ship has lost their marbles.

Afficionados of the 1954 film "The Caine Mutiny", immediately saw the analogies when they read the accounts of a trial in the Old Bailey. Those unfamiliar with the film can see the captain of the Caine (Queeg) finally lose it HERE.

Those unfamiliar with the activities in the Captain's cabin in London can read about them below.

The Queen marked the level in bowls of nuts left around Buckingham Palace as she was "irritated" by police officers eating them, the Old Bailey has heard.

According to an email sent by Clive Goodman, ex-royal editor at the News of the World, she was "upset" by it.

The journalist added that a memo was sent to palace officers, telling them to "keep their sticky fingers out".

The phone-hacking jury has also heard one of the defendants, Ian Edmondson, is no longer fit to stand trial.

Mr Justice Saunders said that it was "not appropriate to adjourn to wait for his recovery" and discharged the jury from reaching a verdict in his case.

Former NoW news editor Mr Edmondson, 44, from RaynesPark, south west London, denies conspiring to hack phones.

In the email to former NoW editor Andy Coulson, which Mr Goodman also had sent to himself, he wrote: "Problem is that police on patrol eat the lot... memo now gone around to all palace cops telling them to keep their sticky fingers out."

The email continued: "Queen furious about police stealing bowls of nuts and nibbles left out for her in apartments in the BP/Queen's corridor. She has a very savoury tooth and staff leave out cashews, Bombay Mix, almonds etc. Prob is that police on patrol eat the lot."

"She started marking the bowls to see when the levels dipped," he added.

Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC told the jury the email said the Queen was "upset" because "apparently they were helping themselves to nuts".

He said: "They were all being scoffed by police. That irritated Her Majesty apparently."

Amid laughter in court, Mr Justice Saunders told the jury that the claim that officers were stealing nuts was "an unproven allegation".

queeg ballsThe similarities are stunning.

1. The names - Queeg and Queen

2. The rank - Queeg and Queen were both captains of (rather empty) vessels

3. The obsession - food theft, and the captain marking the containers to prove it

4. Their suspects - Both captains suspected that their officers were thieves

5. The circumstances - neither was on trial, but the evidence in a trial humiliated them

6. The symptoms - Queeg plays with steel balls to calm his paranoia. Whose balls is the Queen manipulating?

The difference

Queeg's First Lietenant seized control of the ship, and was destroyed by that action.

Prince Charles has played the waiting game, and still has a chance of gaining the prize.


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