Last month Prince Charles and Camilla visited Hughenden and all the civic dignitaries were lined up at the Hughenden Road House when the coach arrived. 

As the bus wheeled in with a cloud of dust and huffed to a standstill the door to the Royal coach opened and out stepped HRH sporting a genuine fox fur hat, with the poor creature's tail hanging forlornly down his back.

The Mayor of Hughenden and the Local Copper of the District stepped forward and the Copper whispered in Charlie's ear, "My God, your Highness, it's one of the hottest days of the year, and - I mean, I know your views about hunting - but it's hardly politically correct, wearing a fox fur hat, now is it?"

"What???" exclaimed Charles, "oh, this old thing," he indicated his hat, "Mummy's idea!"

"Mummy's idea?" said Plod incredulously, "you mean Her Majesty the Queen's idea???"

"Oh yes," replied Charles, "you see, at breakfast she asked me what I was doing today, and I told her that I was coming to Hughenden and she said, Hughenden? 

Wear the fox hat?'