-Caveat Lector- so much for larouches theories---the queen cant even protect her own relatives. > >> The Electronic Telegraph >> >http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000202011865292&rtmo=QxOmwwLR&atmo=9999 9 >999&pg=/et/00/9/26/nzim26.html >> >> [Simon Rhodes said] >> "The situation is getting worse even though the news story seems to be >> off the airwave. The farm invasions and occupations by squatters >> continue. The government is now taking over more than 3,000 private >> commercial farms - about 75 per cent of the total number." >> >> -- >> The Electronic Telegraph >> ISSUE 1950 >> Tuesday 26 September 2000 >> >> Queen helps relative's family flee Zimbabwe >> By Linus Gregoriadis >> >> THE Queen is helping one of her relatives to move his family to Britain >> from his home in Zimbabwe after he was driven out by the continuing >> violence against the white community. >> >> Simon Rhodes's mother is Margaret Rhodes, 74, first cousin of the Queen >> and a Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. He had hoped >> to stay in Harare with his wife and two daughters despite having been >> beaten up by police in April. But the former tourism consultant, who >> moved to Zimbabwe in 1977, is now seeking work in Britain following the >> collapse of the tourist trade and the imminent seizure by the Mugabe >> regime of farmland belonging to his wife's family. >> >> At the request of the Queen, John Parsons, Deputy Keeper of the Privy >> Purse, is helping to arrange schooling for his daughters - Emma, 14, and >> Camilla, 10 - who are still in Zimbabwe with their mother. Mr Rhodes, >> 42, has been staying at his mother's home in Windsor Great Park and with >> his sister, Annabel Cope, in Bideford, Devon. He now hopes his children >> and his wife Susan, 40, will join him before the end of the year. >> >> He said his family, like many others, was being forced out of Zimbabwe >> by the crippling effect of President Robert Mugabe's policies. He said: >> "The situation is getting worse even though the news story seems to be >> off the airwave. The farm invasions and occupations by squatters >> continue. The government is now taking over more than 3,000 private >> commercial farms - about 75 per cent of the total number." >> >> The attack by four police officers in the back of a Land Rover, in which >> he was repeatedly punched, happened after he joined a peaceful >> opposition march. It prompted his mother to complain to the Queen about >> the breakdown of law. >> >> Mr Rhodes, whose wife's family's farmland has been listed for >> occupation, said: "Until April, it would never have crossed my mind that >> I might have to leave."He said he feared the psychological impact of >> upheaval on his family and other dispossessed Zimbabweans. "My children >> have known no other life other than being in Zimbabwe. We are getting >> this bombshell effect of people moving all over the world. Families and >> friendships are being ruptured and broken." >> >> Mr Rhodes said he was fortunate to have the opportunity to return to >> Britain and the support of the Royal Family. "Obviously the Queen is >> concerned about our situation. We are returning here to start again and >> will be arriving with nothing. We will not be able to remove any assets >> from Zimbabwe. The Queen has asked one of her aides to provide >> assistance to find suitable schools for the children. It is nothing >> other than a family pulling together to support other family members who >> need help - as any family would." >> >> Mr Rhodes, who will visit the Royal Family's Balmoral residence this >> week, said he planned to settle in Edinburgh. >> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
