sherbert wrote on Jun 29^th, 2008 at 9:19am:

A very amusing piece, I particularly like the "quote" from the Duchess of Cornwall


The "it" in question is however transparently money-raising "premium rate services".

Whatever we may feel about these, our main concern in this forum is about the "scam" and deceitful rip-off involved with 0870 and other revenue sharing numbers. This is where callers, and even the called party in some cases, are unaware that income or a subsidy of telephone costs is being provided.

An interesting and valid post, but we must not lose sight of the difference.

A quick search of www.royal.gov.uk shows that all direct contact numbers given are geographic. There are however organisations in which the Queen is "involved" (e.g. HMG) for which this is not true.