"He admits he is pretty impatient with his staff," says one royal observer who prefers not to be named.
Sulak Sivaraksa, a veteran royal observer and social activist, says that the prince has matured during his third marriage and is more respectful of others than in the past.
He was detained by the Home Guard in the battalion headquarters in the Giffnock Scout hall, where he was questioned by Major Donald, the Assistant Group Officer of the Glasgow Royal Observer Corps before being transferred to Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow the following day.
Another long-term relationship with the dancer Cressida Bonas reportedly ended when, according to royal observers, she decided she could not live in the spotlight.
A recent ally in this popularity battle has come in the form of Prince Andrew; a man viewed by royal observers and Foreign Office functionaries as the Queen's most stupid son, or "HBH" (His Buffoon Highness), on account of his embarrassing sycophancy towards Arab sheikhs.
The conservative Liberal-National Partyy alliance) state government led by Premier Richard Court, however, pursued her from Perth to Canberra and set up a royal commission, which, many observers agreed, soon turned into a witch hunt intended to destroy Lawrence's political career.
But observers of royal etiquette will be following Grenville closely - last year's winner, Andrea Levy, turned up out of "enormous curiosity" despite her misgivings, but maintained that she refused to curtsy to the monarch as tradition demands.
The implication being that, like religion, sexuality is a choice that one can or cannot partake in, a choice that disapproving observers can belittle, order royal commissions into, and subject to close public scrutiny.
Still, however much Qatar's art scene is seen as a marketing tool, some credit must be given to the royal family for its dedication to the cause, observers say.
An Editorial Observer on Sunday misquoted the novel "Kingsblood Royal," by Sinclair Lewis, incorrectly describing the words of a white character who discovers his black ancestry.
Correction: August 20 , 2002 Tuesday An Editorial Observer on Sunday misquoted the novel "Kingsblood Royal," by Sinclair Lewis, incorrectly describing the words of a white character who discovers his black ancestry.
