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[Otterman Ollie]

About the royal visit ,it appears on the 27th of this month ,thats next Tuesday, the Prince of Wales and spouse are visiting this country . Apparently a well known and secretive private university is on their agenda in the fair city of Izmir ,no less .Anyone else expecting a royal visitor ?

[Otterman Ollie]

As an update to this ,it appears that HRH touched down in this fair country less than 18 hours ago and intends to visit Konya, Ankara, and some historic ruin place called Esphesus (opps I misspelt that ) but ı don't think the Bul is on the visit list .Must be coz the security is gonna be a night mare .Meanwhile as I write we are underseige from the world press . Its gonna be a laugh !! Btw nice to see Mr K is still waving his stick at everybody, now has someone on this board been naughty??

[FGT]

What is the purpose of his visit to IUE? Is it true that it's to sign a partnership agreement with a British university notwithstanding others have failed? In your opinion, is this agreement likely to be more successful?

What else is he doing in Izmir or is the university trip enough?

Have you been briefed on mode of address and the correct type of bow/curtsey you should offer?

I wish you well with the visit, at least it makes a break to routine!

[Otterman Ollie]

Hi FGT
Yep, basically its about the agreement between the two universities, attached to that is the idea that some form of royal endorsement will raise the profile of the uni significantly and give an opportunity for the local xpats and retired nato people to show their faces and medals and meet the man at a by invitation only reception in the conference hall here. The offical blurb from Clarence house also mentions his interest in organic farming, historic artifacts ( the uni is giving him one) and also a little thing about military co-operation ,whatever that is.
Naturally as usual, no training or advice about royal protocol has been forthcoming!