Chapter 655 – Olympic Delegation Issues

The naming of these two new heavy carriers was, to be fair, so much of a pat on the back. But with General Mountbatten’s relationship with the Crown at stake, who would risk offending the Crown by objecting to such a naming?

While the British monarch has little power in name, the power of the crown is not at all nominal either.

It was now up to Elizabeth, who had not yet been formally crowned, to decide what she thought of the matter, and Mountbatten himself arrived at Buckingham Palace with his two daughters, as well as his two son-in-laws, to ask Elizabeth herself what she meant.

The future Queen was of course willing, the British Royal Family is not superstitious in such matters, and she was delighted that such a state-of-the-art post-war aircraft carrier was named after Elizabeth herself.

“The Crown Prince’s image is widely acclaimed in the Commonwealth countries, and it would be good for the entire Commonwealth once he is crowned. I have a suggestion!” The reliable man sitting on one side holding hands with Pamela Mountbatten, Alan Wilson spoke up, “The Royal Navy can organize a parade of ships at the same time as the coronation ceremony, on one hand it is a celebration of the coronation, on the other hand it is also to boost Britain’s morale in the post-war period.”

“Our country, along with the coronation of the Crown Prince, should usher in a new era, guarding the past glory while at the same time allowing the citizens of the United Kingdom to have good expectations in the new era. In public and in private this is a great thing.”

Alan Wilson made this suggestion with reference to the historic 1953 British Parade of Ships. After all, there are not many of these famous scenes, and it is better that they happen as scheduled. The most fundamental reason, of course, is still to let the British Empire in front of the vast number of old, young and poor countries ah pretend.

There is no better occasion for this than the Queen’s coronation, and it is not without precedent. From Edward VII to George V, the coronation of the British king is bound to be accompanied by a parade of ships.

Later generations of people are most familiar with the most shocking parade of ships, to the 1914 parade of ships, a glance at the head of the steel giant ships, vast and majestic to the entire channel paved with the majestic embodiment of the majesty of the Empire of the Sunset. Participating in the parade was only half of the power of the Royal Navy at the time.

“If the second ship of the new carrier is also completed by then, the two heavy carriers will participate together. I think it must be a grand ceremony.” Allen Wilson said this to General Mountbatten for advice, “What do you think, Honorable Admiral.”

“I am certainly happy to have the Royal Navy’s newest battleships on top of the parade.” Admiral Mountbatten instantly agreed, again feeling that this was a great thing.

“The cabinet side of the coronation has yet to come up with an opinion.” Elizabeth spoke blandly, “It may be too early to mention this matter, I have to wait for news from the cabinet.”

“Respected Crown Prince, in fact, considering the factor of maintaining the feelings of the Commonwealth, together with the organization of the parade of ships, of course, it may take some time, diplomacy can never be rushed.” Alan Wilson said slowly, “Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and so on, all need time to prepare. It can’t be helped.”

After all, to say that there is no difference between the current Britain and the Britain before World War I, this is not only the Cabinet and Whitehall don’t believe it, but also the current British citizens don’t believe it, and at this moment, British India, the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, has long since become independent.

At a time when the war has been so costly, when Britain cannot compare itself to what it once was, and when society as a whole is at a loss as to where it currently stands in the world, Elizabeth’s coronation could be a chance for the country to see its future through the eyes of its young queen. But the balance is hard to pin down: there has to be enough of the past so as to restore the British people’s faith in the continuity of their history, and enough of the present and future so that they don’t feel like they’re lying in the graves of their ancestors.

This Alan Wilson was honest enough to say, and Elizabeth nodded, that it was a tricky balance for which he himself had prepared in his mind.

Elizabeth still had great respect for Mountbatten, the influential representative of the Crown in the Royal Navy. Polite friendliness was also shown to several relatives, including Alan Wilson.

Allen Wilson was not really suited to this kind of occasion, he preferred the feeling of being in Kuala Lumpur. But the communication this time didn’t last long, and soon General Mountbatten left the palace with his relatives.

“Alan, is it really necessary to prepare for so long?” Pamela Mountbatten asked as she took her husband’s hand.

“My dear, in theory we all want everything to be as quick as possible, but often times those few characteristics are contradictory in themselves. A predictable grand ceremony to highlight Britain’s image and standing in the world. It is not excessive to spend more time preparing for something so grand.”

Alan Wilson can be described as righteous, at least now Britain is considered a global power, right? Necessary rehearsal is still necessary!

Alan Wilson changed the topic of a soft inquiry, “my dear, I have inquired about a thing, listen to the Whitehall colleagues said, you are beneficial to take over the development of the aerodrome project?”

The air port project he was talking about was naturally the air transit port project in Dubai, UAE. At this time when the UK is fully supporting the Comet airliner to capture the market, this project itself is receiving attention.

“I’ve also been hesitating lately, my dear, you are aware that this project is extremely valued locally. And predictably the investment must be very high, I’m worried about the risk, and that’s not just from the financial side.” Pamela Mountbatten admitted decisively that she was interested in the project, yet somewhat deterred.

In fact, it is still the problem of money, although his wife denied this, but Alan Wilson could hear that this is the most important point, and then gave a suggestion, “Using Pakistani manpower to build this transit port can solve most of the problems, at least part of them, and I believe that the rest of the problems should be manageable.”

There is said later Middle East India why always feel very influential in the self, on the one hand, because India’s location is really not far from the Middle East, belonging to the distance that is reachable.

Another reason is that the Middle East is the main destination for Indians to go overseas to do labor. After all, the United States is too far away, Southeast Asian countries are not richer than India to that, East Asian countries have no good feelings towards Indians. Britain, again, only wanted the upper class, and the rest of the options were pretty much gone.

The Middle East has a large South Asian population doing labor at the bottom, and South Asia is a region no richer than Africa. Don’t expect any good treatment for South Asian laborers, Nepal was urged to work with massive casualties in the Middle East heat for the construction of the Qatar World Cup.

Now India is moving towards the goal of sound and color it, this kind of bitter work, or let Pakistan to do better, so that it is also more in line with the South Asia rebalancing strategy.

“If the raw materials are not all available locally, Malaya will make up for it, and the manpower will be figured out from Pakistan. Let the local chiefs use oil as collateral, and of course the settlement must be in pounds.” Alan Wilson sat in the passenger seat and said to his wife, who was driving, “I remember, as if Mr. Jinnah had taken a picture together when we were engaged in New Delhi. It can be taken to bring us closer together when we’re in Pakistan if necessary.”

Pamela Mountbatten nodded frequently, taking her husband’s planning in stride. Alan Wilson was very proud, who said that taking pictures was not a good habit, he just thought that this habit was very good and could be used for many things.

About the matter of his many private collections, his wife did not need to know. This return to London also coincided with the release of Woodpecker Pictures’ epic masterpiece Spartan Warriors 300.

Out of the consideration of supporting the European film industry, Alan Wilson found an opportunity to take his wife to watch this movie with Greta Garbo in a cameo.

However, I heard that the movie has been banned in Greece, which is a rather annoying thing to hear. According to the grapevine, the reason for the ban was that the authorities in Athens felt that the movie was easily associated with the Turkish army that was helping to pay the Greek government’s bills.

However, it is also heard that the Greek royal family and the government have a difference of opinion and consider the government’s decision to ban this movie to be very hasty.

“Maybe this is the movie that swept the Cannes awards.” Alan Wilson waited until the Queen, played by Greta Garbo, appeared and commented to his wife.

His heart was pounding at the sight of Greta Garbo reappearing on screen, having subdued Vivien Leigh’s Cleopatra, it was time to take on this Spartan queen. It’s not a big deal though, Greta Garbo has played the Queen of Sweden before, it’s not even a problem.

“What a surprise, didn’t Greta Garbo take a break from the movie?” Pamela Mountbatten was surprised, Greta Garbo’s big name was also known to her.

“I don’t know, it might just be a cameo.” Being the man behind the Queen of Sweden, Alan Wilson looked like he knew nothing about it and said, “It seems like the president of Woodpecker Pictures, who is also Swedish, is the one who brought her out.”

Garbo always drew the full attention of the people to herself on the screen. Garbo had a transcendent face, and her face was exactly as Keats had seen it in the poem’s visions: charming and serene. Her physique becomes even more transcendent and beautiful.

After watching the movie, Alan Wilson was completely unclear about what the whole movie was about, and remembered the relevant clips of Garbo’s appearance. It seems that this journey back to Kuala Lumpur will inevitably still choose Paris as a transit point.

Allen Wilson had a non-stop discussion with the British Sports Association about the dispatch of the Helsinki Olympic delegation.

In fact, the sports association already knew about Alan Wilson’s purpose and had prepared the relevant rhetoric.

But this kind of rhetoric can not impress Alan Wilson, he directly took out the medal data of the last London Olympic Games, pointed out that the sports association is now a model of waste of resources, and to reduce the allocation as a bargaining chip.