European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2back Home it a hard to find dirt on the Royal Mike Royky Tribune Media service though i pay Little attention to the English Royal family because most of them seem a Little dim a recent news item caught my Eye. Or an English journalist has written a Book about Princess Diana and he goes into great detail about How much she has spent on clothing since she married Prince Charles in 1981. He meticulously lists the number of evening gowns she has bought 95dresses 176pairs of shoes 350 and so on. None of that seems unreasonable since Princess Diana has to attend a lot of dinners and Tea parties and it do for her to look like a Frump. A a a a but the journalist also revealed that since 1981 she has spent $22,950 on underwear. Two things struck me about that bit of information. 1 first i Felt sadness for the journalist who is said to be England a leading Royalty watcher he spends most of his time gathering All sorts of tid Danny Glover is the hero fighting the alien in the sequel to Page 9, Anne Rice uses her supernatural touch to produce another Best Seiling novel Page 16, bits crumbs and dibs and dabs about the Yal family. I can t criticize him for making a living but 1 have to wonder How he feels while snooping out How much someone spends on underwear. O since the Royal family shuns him 1 assume that he goes to the princesses favorite underwear shops and says something like a psst Here a 5 Bob Girlie How a about telling me How Many bloomers i bought this week a even Sam Donaldson do something like that although Geraldo might. But i suppose a Job is a Job and if the world demands to know How much i spends Bri underwear somebody has to do it and he has. Second i wondered just How much this total would be if broken Down into a daily rate. _ because i have a nerd Wristwatch that has a calculator Imode in a constantly punching in numbers. And when i saw the figures $22,950, and nine years i immediately worked it out. That a $2,550 a year or $212 and Odd change a month. Or about $7 a Day. A startling figure. As i said i can understand her buying All those gowns dresses shoes and other outer garments. She never knows when photographers will jump put from behind a hedge and snap her for people Magazine. Syshe can to go around looking Tike a bag lady or yen worse the Queen Mother but assuming that she does no to do handstands or Back flips in Public her underwear Isnit going to be seen. Snobby sorts Aren t going to sniff a pm Mil she wore that very same underwear at last weeks Cucumber Sandwich and Tea for the. 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He said a it just shows that she has a Good How do you come to that conclusion a her mudder gave her the same advice that my mudder gave me and your mudder gave you.�?�. To spend $212 a month on underwear a nah her mudder have told her that. But i bet she said a always Wear clean underwear in Case you get in an Accident and go to the Hospital and you done to want to be embarrassed in front of All the a. That a True. My Mother did Tell me that. Everybody smother told them that. So that explains it. How would it look if there was a headline that said a Princess i jarred in car crash nurses titter at tattered a sure a slats said a a that a Why i always get the Best Khaki Boxer shorts that they sell at the army and Navy surplus store. And i get Mem for my wife a a a a you buy your wife the same kind of Boxer shorts you Wear. A of course not. She wears one size bigger a a will bait Best Bui americans ruling to families the Simpsons and the Huxta Blesi Battle it out Page 5. 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