Family Affairs

PRINCE CHARLES VISITS SCHOOL

I had to wake my teenage son up about 85 times this morning and as he dragged his dishevelled body down the stairs adding items of clothing that he had deposited somewhere the night before, I told him that there was NO WAY he could wear his shoes for a day longer. I've been trying for weeks to find a moment to take them to the cobblers - there is a huge hole at the bottom and it's raining and I said I'd write him a note and that he'd have to wear his trainers. NO MORE EXCUSES. "But mum, Prince Charles is visiting our school today". WTF? How can he just say that so casually, having forgotten to mention it to me at all - they've probably been planning the visit for months. He's probably learnt a new Morris Dance and speech and they've no doubt been re-painting the school for months and changed all the rooms about and they've probably got a totally different timetable for the day and - maybe it's a girl thing, but there's no way I wouldn't have mentioned that he was going to be visiting. "Oh, well in that case, you'd better wear them then" I told him and then proceeded to give him a list of things to say and people to mention should he get a chance for a chat and a cup of tea.... No wonder he didn't mention it come to think of it - although at least I didn't try and give him a side parting before he left the house which I thought was very restrained of me.

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