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| Angela Rayner defends Prince Harry after Labour MP mocks his military record | Angela Rayner defends Prince Harry after Labour MP mocks his military record |
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| The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, has defended the royal family after a fellow Labour MP mocked Prince Harry’s military record and said Prince William should stop receiving public funding. | The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, has defended the royal family after a fellow Labour MP mocked Prince Harry’s military record and said Prince William should stop receiving public funding. |
| Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency covers the princes’ official residence at Kensington Palace in west London, reportedly questioned Harry’s ability to fly a helicopter during a republican fringe event at the Labour conference. | Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency covers the princes’ official residence at Kensington Palace in west London, reportedly questioned Harry’s ability to fly a helicopter during a republican fringe event at the Labour conference. |
| Speaking at a meeting called Reigning in the Monarchy, Dent Coad was quoted as saying: “Harry can’t actually fly a helicopter … He tried to pass the helicopter exam about four times and he couldn’t get through it at all so he always goes for the co-pilot. So he just sits there going ‘vroom vroom’.” | Speaking at a meeting called Reigning in the Monarchy, Dent Coad was quoted as saying: “Harry can’t actually fly a helicopter … He tried to pass the helicopter exam about four times and he couldn’t get through it at all so he always goes for the co-pilot. So he just sits there going ‘vroom vroom’.” |
| .@emmadentcoad - "People are angry at taxpayer cost for Buckingham Palace renovation" #lab17 #ReigningInTheMonarchy pic.twitter.com/8q29jwfuCJ | .@emmadentcoad - "People are angry at taxpayer cost for Buckingham Palace renovation" #lab17 #ReigningInTheMonarchy pic.twitter.com/8q29jwfuCJ |
| She added that it was “absolutely outrageous” that the taxpayer had to pick up the tab for £150 jumpers bought by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, according to the Times. | She added that it was “absolutely outrageous” that the taxpayer had to pick up the tab for £150 jumpers bought by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, according to the Times. |
| In a round of broadcast interviews, Rayner praised the princes but ducked questions about whether Dent Coad should apologise. She told BBC Breakfast and Sky News that William and Harry had made the royal family “trendy again”. | In a round of broadcast interviews, Rayner praised the princes but ducked questions about whether Dent Coad should apologise. She told BBC Breakfast and Sky News that William and Harry had made the royal family “trendy again”. |
| “There is a role for them. They are part of the staple British diet,” she told BBC Breakfast. | “There is a role for them. They are part of the staple British diet,” she told BBC Breakfast. |
| Asked whether Dent Coad should apologise, Rayner told Sky News: “Emma has to respond to what her comments are, but I’m absolutely clear that the monarchy is here and they are going to be around for a long time.” | Asked whether Dent Coad should apologise, Rayner told Sky News: “Emma has to respond to what her comments are, but I’m absolutely clear that the monarchy is here and they are going to be around for a long time.” |
| She also highlighted Harry’s role in organising the Invictus games for wounded armed services personnel. “I think Harry’s been doing a fantastic job, especially with regard to our veterans,” she told Sky. | She also highlighted Harry’s role in organising the Invictus games for wounded armed services personnel. “I think Harry’s been doing a fantastic job, especially with regard to our veterans,” she told Sky. |
| Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Rayner alluded to the well-known republican stance of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. “It’s never been a secret that in the Labour party there are people who are anti-royalist,” she said. But she added: “I personally feel the current generation – Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate – have done the royal family proud.” | Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Rayner alluded to the well-known republican stance of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. “It’s never been a secret that in the Labour party there are people who are anti-royalist,” she said. But she added: “I personally feel the current generation – Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate – have done the royal family proud.” |
| During the election campaign Corbyn denied that Labour would abolish the monarchy. In a TV hustings event he added that he had a “nice chat” with the Queen. | During the election campaign Corbyn denied that Labour would abolish the monarchy. In a TV hustings event he added that he had a “nice chat” with the Queen. |
| Coad reportedly said Harry and William were “not very bright”, adding: “Just let them drift away, be playboys or whatever.” | Coad reportedly said Harry and William were “not very bright”, adding: “Just let them drift away, be playboys or whatever.” |
| John Woodcock, MP for Barrow and Furness, said Dent Coad’s comments did not reflect the view of the party. | John Woodcock, MP for Barrow and Furness, said Dent Coad’s comments did not reflect the view of the party. |
| On Prince Harry's military service: pic.twitter.com/GKCyV6255M | On Prince Harry's military service: pic.twitter.com/GKCyV6255M |
| Tobias Ellwood, the defence undersecretary and former army captain, suggested Dent Coad should go to the Invictus Games to witness how Harry was inspiring “our injured heroes”. | Tobias Ellwood, the defence undersecretary and former army captain, suggested Dent Coad should go to the Invictus Games to witness how Harry was inspiring “our injured heroes”. |
| Emma Dent Coad MP: I invite you to #InvictusGames -learn how it started & about our brave Military. And - who inspires our injured heroes. pic.twitter.com/pLlLJTBH22 | Emma Dent Coad MP: I invite you to #InvictusGames -learn how it started & about our brave Military. And - who inspires our injured heroes. pic.twitter.com/pLlLJTBH22 |
| In all of her interviews Rayner insisted Labour was a “government in waiting”. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she ruled out union demands for a 5% pay rise for public sector workers. | In all of her interviews Rayner insisted Labour was a “government in waiting”. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she ruled out union demands for a 5% pay rise for public sector workers. |
| “We’d love to give public sector workers a 5% pay rise, but we cannot do that at the moment. What we’ve said is that we make sure they will get an inflation pay rise, which is more than what this Conservative government have done,” she said. | “We’d love to give public sector workers a 5% pay rise, but we cannot do that at the moment. What we’ve said is that we make sure they will get an inflation pay rise, which is more than what this Conservative government have done,” she said. |
| “We can’t undo the damage that the Conservative have done to our public sector … but what we will do is reverse some of that and start putting us on the right path. But it will take longer than I would personally like to see ... we have to be responsible about that and that’s what Jeremy Corbyn is going to set out in his speech about responsible government.” | “We can’t undo the damage that the Conservative have done to our public sector … but what we will do is reverse some of that and start putting us on the right path. But it will take longer than I would personally like to see ... we have to be responsible about that and that’s what Jeremy Corbyn is going to set out in his speech about responsible government.” |
| The Daily Telegraph said pre-released remarks from Corbyn’s conference speech would raise concerns that he planned to impose a robot tax. Rayner denied this. “The Telegraph obviously must know more about the Labour party than I do, which is astonishing because that is not what we were talking about at all,” she told Today. | The Daily Telegraph said pre-released remarks from Corbyn’s conference speech would raise concerns that he planned to impose a robot tax. Rayner denied this. “The Telegraph obviously must know more about the Labour party than I do, which is astonishing because that is not what we were talking about at all,” she told Today. |
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