This really made me laugh...PRINCE Edward had a row with an Australian radio star who teased him about being nicknamed Eddie. The prince was furious at the cheek shown by Jeff Field during a Melbourne reception. Field, a top Aussie broadcaster, asked if the Queen ever called him "Eddie". The huffy prince snapped: "I won't recognise that name."
In the past, Edward has been sensitive about his nicknames. While working in theatres in London, he was dubbed Barbara, as in Babs Windsor, and Mavis. He was also called a "*&#*$*# idiot" by Prince Charles after Edward's Ardent company filmed Prince William at university.
The confrontation with Melbourne sports commentator Field happened at an official Governor's dinner before the Commonwealth Games. Field, 48, ignored instructions not to wear jeans and also sported a blue baseball cap with "Coach" emblazoned it.
He said: "Edward asked me my name and I told him it was 'Coach'. I said it was a nickname and then said that surely people called him 'Eddie'.
"He got more pompous and said, 'I won't recognise that name.'"
Colleague Travis Winks, who was also at the reception, told his listeners in Sydney: "I wake up and have a vitamin tablet. But Edward must wake up and have a Viagra - he is that stiff."
An eedjit by any other name, is still an eedjit!
Have a G'day!
