NEW! DIARY
By Idris Jones
I had to admire the Welsh signwriter who thought he’d had the last laugh when, during renovation work at ‘The Feathers’ pub in Westminster, he painted the new pub sign with the words: “Twll din pob Sais!”
For a while, it looked like he’d got away with the abuse but he was rumbled during a visit by a Welsh-speaking member of the pub’s management team, who broke it to the landlord that an insult to his English customers stood in place of the traditional ‘Prince of Wales’ motto “Ich Dien” or “I serve”. The joke was well and truly over when red-faced bosses ordered a rapid repainting of the royal emblem – and apologised for the embarrassing prank. Two years ago, the Conservative leader David Cameron told Wales on Sunday newspaper that “Twll din pob Sais” was the only line of Welsh he’d ever been taught – his maternal nain comes from North Wales. I hope he’s not saying the phrase around Parliament!
For a while, it looked like he’d got away with the abuse but he was rumbled during a visit by a Welsh-speaking member of the pub’s management team, who broke it to the landlord that an insult to his English customers stood in place of the traditional ‘Prince of Wales’ motto “Ich Dien” or “I serve”. The joke was well and truly over when red-faced bosses ordered a rapid repainting of the royal emblem – and apologised for the embarrassing prank. Two years ago, the Conservative leader David Cameron told Wales on Sunday newspaper that “Twll din pob Sais” was the only line of Welsh he’d ever been taught – his maternal nain comes from North Wales. I hope he’s not saying the phrase around Parliament!
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