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Our babysitter‘s husband

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?

Here’s a funny story

That happened once to us.

A friend came round to mind the kids

As we were going out.

A baby sitting circle

So we just knew her a bit.

We offered her a video

To watch while we were out.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

We thought a quite good choice.

But she pointed out her husband Ken

Was actually in the cast.

Ken Drury

He played the Scottish vicar.

He gets these Scottish parts.

He was in Fools and Horses

Has been the Tango man.

I think it was his breakthrough

Till then just smaller parts.

We were quite embarrassed

But I think it made her laugh.

The Royal Princes – William and Harry

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?

We had two royal princes

Sandbagging our road.

It happened some eight years ago

In the Datchet floods.

The floods were very bad that year

The Thames had burst its banks.

We were in the news each day

A river through our streets.

Among the worst affected

We had water in the house

There were sandbags by the river

But they weren’t helping us

The water off the golf course

Came up the railway track.

That’s another story

I‘ve told it all at length

But on that day the brothers came

To give our street some help.

This is William and Harry

Up the end our road.

I got to throw them sandbags

Spoke, shook William‘s hand.

They were two different brothers

Though they got on back then.

William quietly on his own

Harry with the men.

Harry with the soldiers

And loved to be with them.

A weight on William‘s shoulders

He‘ll be our future King.

Of course there was an entourage

For soon the press arrived

William was not happy

To see the press gang there.

The snaps are of them resting

But the brothers really worked.

Stood in line with soldiers.

Passed sandbags down the line.