[quote]A combination of rainy summers and European Union regulations had left the lentil producers of central France in the depths of despondency. Now they have a white knight to counter the gloom that had settled over their fields: Prince George.[/quote]
[quote]By George, he’s got them — and now everyone wants them.
French lentils, that is.
That’s the buzz seven days after an Evening Standard story noted that England’s adorable — and trendsetting — Prince George’s fancy (and pricey) school serves the legumes topped by smoked mackerel.
That’s but a taste of what $24,000 a year tuition will get you at Thomas’s Battersea school in London. Producers of puy lentils — small, blue-green lentils grown in the volcanic soil of the south-central France — have reported concerns about keeping up with the surge in demand.[/quote]
[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/prince-george-star-effect-french-lentils-article-1.3496108]Source 1[/url]
[url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/prince-george-connection-drives-demand-for-french-puy-lentils-thomas-s-school-battersea-duke-of-cambridge-2bbnp5kcq?CMP=Sprkr-_-Editorial-_-thetimes-_-News-_-Imageandlink-_-Statement-_-Unspecified-_-TWITTER&linkId=42210744]Source 2 (Paywalled)[/url]
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Lentils are fucking delicious btw
People care too much about the royal family
[QUOTE=Shibbey;52696670]People care too much about the royal family[/QUOTE]
As far as rich dynasties go, at least their ancestors did something noteworthy AKA not get ousted or killed when europe transitioned from monarchies to democracies
[QUOTE=spazthemax;52696712]As far as rich dynasties go, at least their ancestors did something noteworthy AKA not get ousted or killed when europe transitioned from monarchies to democracies[/QUOTE]
I'll take this occasion to point out the Bonaparte family is still alive and well and the current pretend to the Imperial Throne of France is working in Finance.
It's kind of unreal how much he looks like Napoleon I, considering there's like 200 years between the two of them.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;52696729]
It's kind of unreal how much he looks like Napoleon I, considering there's like 200 years between the two of them.[/QUOTE]
Wow, is there a picture of this guy?
[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;52697361]Wow, is there a picture of this guy?[/QUOTE]
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Prince_Napol%C3%A9on.JPG[/IMG]
[t]https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTIwNjA4NjMzMjIxNzExMzcy/napoleon-i-9420291-2-402.jpg[/t]
I can't tell them apart holy shit.
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;52697441]I can't tell them apart holy shit.[/QUOTE]
Jean-Christophe is the painting in the Revolutionary French uniform.
[QUOTE=JeSuisIkea;52697685]Napoleon is the painting in the Revolutionary French uniform.[/QUOTE]
Huh, who'd have thought that the french fought in suits back then
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