Howlers that should have been spotted by a half-decent proof
reading are par for the course with the Express,
where Richard “Dirty” Desmond has
driven costs through the ground and his unfortunate hacks’ noses into perpetual
contact with the grindstone, but are unexpected at Mail Online. Or they were until Rebecca English penned a pieceabout the Royal visit to Jordan.
You calling my f***ing website crap, c***?!?
That, of course, is Jordan as in the Hashemite Kingdom, not
the surgically enhanced sleb who is famous for being Herself Personally Now.
Yes, Charles and Camilla have been visiting another Royal family in the Middle
East. They were greeted by the son of the late King Hussein, someone whose
title was difficult to get wrong as there was no number after his name.
Sadly, King Abdullah’s title has proved too much for her,
and she refers to him as “King Abdullah
11”. Bloody hell, the kingdom’s only been in existence since 1949
and already they’re on at least their twelfth king! Actually, no they aren’t:
make that their third. Ms English has
had a problem with her Roman numerals. Let’s try that one again: King Abdullah
II.
Behold some truly lamentable copy
So where did the Royals meet up? Apparently this happened at
“Hummar Palace”. Where that? Ah,
perhaps she means
the al-Hashmiya Palace, which is located in the al-Hummar area.
Only a minor howler, and most Mail Online
readers will be none the wiser (again).
But Ms English’s real interest appears to be Queen Rania,
who she claims looks like the Duchess of Cambridge (no, not really, but it’s
the Mail. You don’t expect accuracy
in the Mail), and who “has been ranked the most beautiful consort
or first lady in the world by Harpers
and Bazar Magazine”.
“Harpers and Bazar
Magazine”? What that? Someone failed to make the change from
Harper’s & Queen to Harper’s Bazaar back in 2005. Then someone let the
resulting howler slip through.
Don’t anyone tell Paul
Dacre or Martin Clarke, now.
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