Catterick in Autumn
Can't verify the veracity of this one as the chap who told me it is a notorious teller of tall tales, however, I'm inclined to believe it.

Princess Anne is the Colonel in Chief of the Royal Corps Of Signals, and was visiting Catterick to inspect the troops. For days the appropriate barracks were aswarm with soldiers cleaning, brushing and painting. Our tale teller, along with one or two others, was charged with sweeping up all the leaves which had fallen from the trees.

On her journey into the barracks, Anne is supposed to have said how much she enjoyed seeing Catterick in the Autumn, all the colours of the fallen leaves and the like. This was urgently communicated to the powers that be, who ordered all the leaves that had been swept up to be scattered beneath the trees again.

On a seperate note, my daughter was picked to be in a line-up to meet Prince Phillip when he visited her company. She was a fairly lowly member of staff and not at all important and apparently was only picked because HRH has a penchant for attractive young ladies.
(lardyboy Next stop, Fissplap Central, Wed 9 Aug 2006, 14:53, Reply)