Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace
While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants We don’t often get to see senior civil servants out and about in the wild. They are kept away from the public gaze, sat behind a desk trying to persuade their ministers not to do something too catastrophic to their government department. Quite why they have been been made a knight or a dame just for doing their jobs is one of life’s mysteries. The rest of us have to make do with the occ
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Donald Trump: ‘You must have been very brave.’ Charles: ‘You have no idea. I’ll be awarding myself another gong after this week.’ Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump: ‘You must have been very brave.’ Charles: ‘You have no idea. I’ll be awarding myself another gong after this week.’ Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesDigested weekUK newsDigested week: King bites tongue as president indulges his own fantasiesJohn CraceWhile Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants Fri 1 May 2026 06.24 EDTLast modified on Fri 1 May 2026 06.26 EDTShareMondayWe don’t often get to see senior civil servants out and about in the wild.
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