Why the Queen was smiling...Pics fixed now

Origins: In November 2004, Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Kent, to present medals to the unit for their recent tour of duty in Iraq. As Her Majesty posed for a standard photograph with the honored soldiers, one of the men evidently didn't arrange his kilt quite carefully enough. As the Daily Mail observed:
. . . Colonel Simon West didn't appear to be taking the occasion too seriously yesterday.

In his cap, jacket and spats, his hands on his knees and his ankles crossed, he sat proudly in the front row of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, next to the Queen.

But unlike his comrades, he hadn't taken the time to adjust his sporran and kilt for decency. So the kilt flapped about for all the world to see. And judging by the grin on his face, the colonel knew exactly what he was doing.

Onlookers said the Queen didn't notice what was happening next to her. But she does not exactly appear comfortable in the photograph.
However, the photograph that accompanied the Daily Mail article wasn't quite as revealing as the one shown above:




Either the Daily Mail's version of the picture was edited for decency's sake, or someone took the original photograph and digitally added some extra naughty bits.


The Mirror's report on this photo (headlined "My Privates Can't Control Themselves") was somewhat more tongue-in-cheek, maintaining that Colonel West did indeed pose sans underpants (but didn't deliberately expose himself):
Simon West, 39, was "embarrassed beyond comprehension" and denied that the cheeky grin on his face proved he knew exactly what he was doing.

One of his soldiers said: "We all think it's hilarious. The newspapers are selling like hot cakes."

One thing was brought out into the open yesterday — the colonel definitely had not got anything on under his kilt.

Army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ed Brown confirmed that Lt Col West was not wearing underpants.

He added: "The accusation he did this on purpose is utterly ridiculous."

As for the jaunty grin, apparently that is how he always smiles.

A colleague at the base said: "When he saw the picture he went bright red. He was covered in confusion. It was an extremely formal occasion.

"I am sure he'll see the funny side one day but at the moment he's not laughing. He's the boss and he knows everyone will be having a jolly good laugh."
The Mirror was, however, unable to clear up the age-old mystery of just what one might expect to find under a kilt:
His father William West, a retired major in the Gordon Highlanders, said: "We are bound by the Official Secrets Act so we can't say what's under the kilt. But my son nearly let the cat out of the bag. Luckily there was a shadow there. It's all terribly embarrassing. My daughter-in-law phoned. She said he was rather out of sorts."

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called snopes.com. Its an urban legend website where they investigate the legend and tell you if its true or not and sometimes they say that they don't know. I have it on my Yahoo Homepage. They put down the picture as fake.

Claim: Photograph shows Queen Elizabeth sitting next to a colonel whose kilt was a little too revealing.

Status: Undetermined.

Example:


many other funny photos at this link



http://www.snopes.com/photos/photos.asp

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The Scotsman
Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar on evening fair
And one could tell by how we walked that he drunk more than his share
He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

About that time two young and lovely girls just happend by
And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
And there behold, for them to see, beneath his Scottish skirt
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marveled for a moment, then one said we must be gone
Let's leave a present for our friend, before we move along
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show

Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled towards a tree
Behind a bush, he lift his kilt and gawks at what he sees
And in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes.
O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize