Another Zim princess.

There is obviously something about the Rhodesian/Zimbabwean girls that makes them irresistible to European Royalty. First it was Prince Harry who has been chasing Chelsy Davy for the past few years, and now Prince Albert of Monaco has announced his engagement to Charlene Wittstock.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/monaco/7849395/Prince-Albert-of-Monaco-to-marry-Olympic-swimmer.html

I have to say that despite her Christian name, Charlene looks to be a classy girl; well, compared to Ms Davy anyway. Incidentally, Chelsy’s dad was at school with me, though he is a few years older.

My Alma mater is situated next to the Botanical Gardens in Harare. In the good old bad old days of Rhodesia, young courting couples would drive their cars into the gardens at night where they would ‘make out’. It was a rite of passage for the school borders to sneak out after lights out and head for the gardens. The object was to creep up on a car and then shine a torch into the startled faces of a guilty couple just when they were in the most compromising situation. On one occasion this happened, the chap happened to know that the unwelcome voyeurs were from school, he having participated in just such an activity when he was there a few years earlier. In a state of almost complete nudity, he chased them back into the dormitory where he was confronted by the member of staff on duty. That unfortunate, frustrated lover was our Chelsy’s dad!

The Chase – July Creative Writing

On a warm, summer night the scent of pine, wild thyme and eucalyptus hung heavily in the air.  It was late.  A hunter’s moon had been riding high since early evening yet the moonlight had only now, many hours later, vanqiushed the last fiery embers of the dying solstice daylight in the western sky and shafted triumphantly through the forest, lighting the secret paths by which the assassin stalked her target.

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