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Aardvark154

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IMO, the person you refer to was simply jealous that he himself was never invited to be Prince Phillip's equerry and this alone led to him making a fuss about the story.
 
Now that the merits of the case have been adjudicated, and we're discussing the coverage — media, gossip and TERB — can anyone explain why the Express thought this matter was 'historic', as they said in their headline?

his·tor·ic
hiˈstôrik/
adjective
adjective: historic

1. famous or important in history, or potentially so.
"we are standing on a historic site"
synonyms: significant, notable, important, momentous, consequential, memorable, newsworthy, unforgettable, remarkable;

As danmand would happily remind us, the guy was significant only by being named official friend to a nonentity born to an over-blown title, and any alleged or proven crime was both far in the past, and regrettably much too ordinary to qualify as historic. Or even historical.
 
"Historic" in the sense of being very, very dated and not in the sense of being landmark. Standard legal usage of the word.
 
Who knew a UK tabloid would be so focussed on their lawyer readership? 'Long-ago' would have taken the same space without any suggestion the abuse had been "famous or important in history". If we can't trust the Brits with the Queen's English …
 
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