Tuesday, March 01, 2005

From the Times this morning

Alan Hamilton writes in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka:

STANDING outside a half-wrecked Hindu temple at the top of the beach awaiting the Prince of Wales, the village elder nods sagely.

“Yes, we have heard of Camilla Parker Bowles from the television,” he says. “But we are not interested in her. We have much more important things to think about here.”

Yes, well.