Posted on 01/17/2008 5:50:39 PM PST by doug from upland
NOTE: there was a much better headline from another source, but we are not allowed to use that because of copyright complaint - "Nepal to watch Hillary funeral via link"
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Queen Elizabeth snubs Hillary funeral: Report
Wellington - Queen Elizabeth will not send a member of the British royal family to the funeral of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary next week - a decision dubbed a snub to one of New Zealand's greatest legends on a newspaper website on Friday. The New Zealand Herald said a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman had told the paper the Queen would be represented by Governor General Anand Satyanand at Tuesday's funeral in Auckland.
"The Governor General is the Queen's personal representative," the spokeswoman said.
The paper published the story on its website under the headline "Royal Family Snubs Sir Ed."
It noted that Hillary was one of only 24 Knights of the Garter appointed by the Queen. His success as the first man to step on the summit of Mount Everest was proclaimed on the morning of her coronation in 1953.
"The Everest expedition was a British one, and Hillary's success was claimed as a huge triumph for Britain," the paper said.
Television New Zealand announced Friday that it had offered its live broadcast of the funeral free of charge to international radio and tv broadcasters and agencies and arranged a satellite link to Nepal so that it could be screened there.
Chief Executive Rick Ellis said the decision to make the broadcast available without charge was recognition of the unique position Sir Edmund held in the eyes of the world.
Organisations that have requested access to the TVNZ coverage so far include BBC, CNN, the European Broadcasting Union, Al Jazeera, APTN and a number of channels in Australia.
Aww man...you suck.
You had me going there for minute.
And here all this time I thought it was Huma Abedin.
That statement is false. Hillary's Sherpa guide, Tinsang Norgay(?) was the fist to summit. Hillary always acknowledged this.
In that case, shouldn't it be "Norgay Rodham Clinton"?
She'll probably do before the convention or election to garner some sympathy votes as the need arises.
You heard it here first.
Oh, it’s not shrew from N.Y.? It’s her namesake that died.... Oh wait, that’s not right........... What year was Hitlary born again???
Quick, who can post the video of Bill laughing his way in to a cry?
BWAHAAAAAAAAAA!
Pass it on. May the mocking continue.
So it was: The inauguration of Eisenhower, the death of Stalin , and the end of the Korean War began the “real” 50s in the United States. They ended with the death of Kennedy in 1963. Or was it when the Beetles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show?
thanks!!!!so appropriate
thanks!!!!so appropriate
There have been several searches of the area around where George Mallory’s body was located in an attempt to find either his diary or his camera, which would hopefully have the evidence they need to settle the argument one way or the other.
Hey, now THAT’s intersting!!!!
A real black widow personality.
Thanks for the correction. I have not read Hillary's book. I received my information in the early 1980s from a guy who was an acquaintance of both Hillary & Norgay.
The GG of NZ IS the Queen’s representative. That is the role for which the position was created...
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