Piers Morgan
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And they had the anniversary about β It must have been 10 years ago. My brother went down. He was an army colonel with my grandmother, whose brother it would be. And they had a lovely day down in Graveney Marsh. And that was the last time. And he won the medal for that. It's just a great story. And the other great part of it was he went to get his George medal up from Buckingham Palace.
And they had the anniversary about β It must have been 10 years ago. My brother went down. He was an army colonel with my grandmother, whose brother it would be. And they had a lovely day down in Graveney Marsh. And that was the last time. And he won the medal for that. It's just a great story. And the other great part of it was he went to get his George medal up from Buckingham Palace.
And they had the anniversary about β It must have been 10 years ago. My brother went down. He was an army colonel with my grandmother, whose brother it would be. And they had a lovely day down in Graveney Marsh. And that was the last time. And he won the medal for that. It's just a great story. And the other great part of it was he went to get his George medal up from Buckingham Palace.
I think it must have been from the Queen, I guess. And he went out the night before with the regiment, got blind drunk, came back, told the porter outside, I've got an appointment with the Queen at 11 o'clock. He thought the guy was obviously just making this up, laughed, didn't wake him up, overslept.
I think it must have been from the Queen, I guess. And he went out the night before with the regiment, got blind drunk, came back, told the porter outside, I've got an appointment with the Queen at 11 o'clock. He thought the guy was obviously just making this up, laughed, didn't wake him up, overslept.
I think it must have been from the Queen, I guess. And he went out the night before with the regiment, got blind drunk, came back, told the porter outside, I've got an appointment with the Queen at 11 o'clock. He thought the guy was obviously just making this up, laughed, didn't wake him up, overslept.
Wow. He did get it eventually. Great Uncle John, a fantastic guy. Anyway, the point of the story is that he was at Covent Garden talking to a flower seller. And the flower seller was imparting these phrases. And one was, life ain't much, but it's all you got. So stick a geranium in your hat and be happy.
Wow. He did get it eventually. Great Uncle John, a fantastic guy. Anyway, the point of the story is that he was at Covent Garden talking to a flower seller. And the flower seller was imparting these phrases. And one was, life ain't much, but it's all you got. So stick a geranium in your hat and be happy.
Wow. He did get it eventually. Great Uncle John, a fantastic guy. Anyway, the point of the story is that he was at Covent Garden talking to a flower seller. And the flower seller was imparting these phrases. And one was, life ain't much, but it's all you got. So stick a geranium in your hat and be happy.
And I'm not sure if the other one, the cock of the walk, my grandmother always gave me this phrase, one day a cock of the walk, the next a feather duster. But she would send it to me with pictures of a cockerel when I was going through a particularly good time, just to remind me, be careful because the feather duster might be around the corner. Very, very good device.
And I'm not sure if the other one, the cock of the walk, my grandmother always gave me this phrase, one day a cock of the walk, the next a feather duster. But she would send it to me with pictures of a cockerel when I was going through a particularly good time, just to remind me, be careful because the feather duster might be around the corner. Very, very good device.
And I'm not sure if the other one, the cock of the walk, my grandmother always gave me this phrase, one day a cock of the walk, the next a feather duster. But she would send it to me with pictures of a cockerel when I was going through a particularly good time, just to remind me, be careful because the feather duster might be around the corner. Very, very good device.
So I'm not sure if she got that from Uncle John, but he certainly got a lot of his sayings from this Covent Garden flower seller.
So I'm not sure if she got that from Uncle John, but he certainly got a lot of his sayings from this Covent Garden flower seller.
So I'm not sure if she got that from Uncle John, but he certainly got a lot of his sayings from this Covent Garden flower seller.
Well, I come from the Winston Churchill school of thought. You know, failure is going from, success is going from failure to failure with no discernible loss of enthusiasm. And he was the greatest Briton of all time. But he had a lot of failures. He had a lot of successes. I love Michael Jordan's view about success and failure.
Well, I come from the Winston Churchill school of thought. You know, failure is going from, success is going from failure to failure with no discernible loss of enthusiasm. And he was the greatest Briton of all time. But he had a lot of failures. He had a lot of successes. I love Michael Jordan's view about success and failure.
Well, I come from the Winston Churchill school of thought. You know, failure is going from, success is going from failure to failure with no discernible loss of enthusiasm. And he was the greatest Briton of all time. But he had a lot of failures. He had a lot of successes. I love Michael Jordan's view about success and failure.
He could remember making thousands of baskets, but he could also remember the 26 times he had the shot to win a match and he failed. And he said, without that, you never do the rest. And I do, you know, Wayne Gretzky, who I met in a New York restaurant actually a few months ago. Fantastic bloke. I had a great chat with him. Greatest ice hockey player in history.
He could remember making thousands of baskets, but he could also remember the 26 times he had the shot to win a match and he failed. And he said, without that, you never do the rest. And I do, you know, Wayne Gretzky, who I met in a New York restaurant actually a few months ago. Fantastic bloke. I had a great chat with him. Greatest ice hockey player in history.