[missy]

DID THE RUSSIANS PUT A BUG IN THE QUEEN’S TEAPOT?
November 25,2008

A FIENDISH plot by those dastardly Russians to eavesdrop on the Royal Family appears to have been foiled by our intrepid secret service agents.

An electric teapot presented to the Queen as a goodwill gesture nearly 20 years ago has been removed from Balmoral – as a security precaution.

It was feared that the ornate 2ft samovar standing in the corner of the drawing room in the late Queen Mother’s house on the Aberdeenshire estate could have a listening device hidden inside it.

After a recent security sweep, spooks were concerned that the samovar could have been bugging not only the Royal Family’s most intimate conversations, but also listening into the Queen’s discussions with prime ministers and world leaders.

Servants were warned never to plug in the samovar, a favourite of the Queen Mother who loved proudly showing it off to guests, because of its suspect Eastern Bloc wiring.

One retainer said: “The samovar was always a bit of an enigma. No one could work out what the Russians thought we were going to do with it. The wiring looked as if it came from a Second World War tank and it was not exactly pretty.

“No one ever considered it a security risk until a recent sweep by these spooks with their electronic devices. They swept everywhere imaginable, public and private rooms, and the first thing to go was the samovar.”

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/727 ... -s-teapot-

Is nothing sacred anymore?

People are getting slimier and slimier

[Maxim Litvinov]

UK Security services are getting even slimier?

Notice, there is no evidence that the samovar has a bug in it.

[Demosthenes]

It was you wasn't it Max? You bugged the queen's teapot?


Dirty ozzies...

[Lost Angel]

Notice, there is no evidence that the samovar has a bug in it.

yeah, the obvious point...

A FIENDISH plot by those dastardly Russians to eavesdrop on the Royal Family appears to have been foiled by our intrepid secret service agents.

who the hell writes these texts? and where is the source anyway...

[skinster]

/\ that's what I was thinking.

Post the source, Missy.

[Abood]

You know, in British school, they taught us how to use the magic words.



Just sayin'.

[skinster]

Red X, doy.

I went to a British school too. It was shit.

[Typhoon]

Servants were warned never to plug in the samovar,..., because of its suspect Eastern Bloc wiring.

In Soviet Russia teapot.......

Reminds me of the great seal bug incident!

[Potemkin]

In Soviet Russia, the samovar plugs you in.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Nets]

In UK, you put hot water in Samovar;
In Soviet Russia, bugged Samovar puts you in hot water!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[guzzipat]

Really serious, they might have found out what the bloody corgis had for dinner.

Or how much public money the old German woman was going to waste on yet another State banquet.

Time the parasites did a real days work.

[SpecialOlympian]

Servants were warned never to plug in the samovar, a favourite of the Queen Mother who loved proudly showing it off to guests, because of its suspect Eastern Bloc wiring.

I guess the moral of this story is that you shouldn't give British royalty gifts. Because they'll just turn around and make fun of your poor taste and shoddy workmanship.

Perhaps it had some kind of historical significance not mentioned in the article? Unless it only appeared as if it had WW2 workmanship.

[missy]

Post the source, Missy.

I can't believe I forgot that. Thanks. It's now posted

[Lost Angel]

daily mail... express... nothing to discuss..

[zhuk]

The wiring looked as if it came from a Second World War tank and it was not exactly pretty.

Ha it probably did lol

[Dolphin]

Why the fuck would they want to?

Queeny has less of a clue in what's going on in 'her' nation than her corgis do.

Unless of course they were trying to record Philip's latest racist jibe so they could discredit the royals and make the UK an even bigger laughing stock than it already is.

[zhuk]

Unless of course they were trying to record Philip's latest racist jibe so they could discredit the royals and make the UK an even bigger laughing stock than it already is.

That was in fact the first thing that crossed my mind, Dolphin. hehe