BURGER PRINCE; Harry is first in queue with his free pounds 5 airport voucher.Byline: STEPHEN MOYES HOLIDAYMAKERS were stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. last night as Prince Harry grabbed a free pounds 5 food voucher and marched off to a burger bar after his flight was delayed. The tokens were handed out by British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. staff after his plane to the Mediterranean was held-up for more than two hours. And first in the queue for the free burgers was the teenage royal. One passenger said: "I couldn't believe my eyes. Harry's eyes lit up when the vouchers were handed round." A British Airways worker who saw Harry said: "He grabbed his ticket and quickly found the nearest fast food outlet - a Burger King restaurant. "It was an unusual sight seeing a member of the Royal Family accepting freebies. But young Harry wasn't daunted daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin in the slightest." And a colleague said: "All of the check-in girls have been laughing about Harry. He's the talk of the terminal. "When he took the voucher he had a beaming smile and said 'thanks very much indeed'." Prince Harry's party of eight friends included two teenage girls and they were accompanied by royal aides and minders. They were among 147 passengers seated on a BA 737 due to leave Heathrow Terminal One yesterday afternoon. But engineers on a final pre-flight inspection spotted a punctured tyre. Everyone was ordered off the aircraft while technicians fitted a new tyre. An airline spokesman said: "After any delay of over two hours we hand out pounds 5 food vouchers which can be used in food outlets in Terminal One. Prince Harry was entitled to one like everyone else. "Fitting a new tyre is a perfectly ordinary procedure. But it took a little longer than normal because the right kind of tyre could not be found at first." The flight, operated by franchise carrier GB Airways, finally left Heathrow two hours late after a tyre was fetched from Gatwick Airport. The prince, who was understood to be heading for a sunshine holiday with friends, was booked into a Club Europe seat at the front of the jet. A Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace (bŭk`ĭng-əm), residence of British sovereigns from 1837, in Westminster metropolitan borough, London, England, adjacent to St. James's Park. spokesman said last night: "Prince Harry was on a private trip which I am not prepared to comment on." A BA baggage handler In the airline industry, a baggage handler is a person who loads and unloads baggage (suitcases or luggage), and other cargo (airfreight, mail, counter-to-counter packages) for transport via aircraft. said: "There were 15 VIP bags on the flight and a couple of sets of golf clubs so it looked very much like the group were off on a holiday in the sun." Harry and brother William's love of burgers was often indulged by Princess Diana Noun 1. Princess Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales at London restaurants. CAPTION(S): SO PECKISH peck·ish adj. 1. Ill-tempered; irritable. 2. Chiefly British Somewhat hungry. [From peck1, to eat. : Harry's hols hols pl.n. Chiefly British Days spent on vacation. [Short for holidays, pl. of holiday. jet delayed; FAST FOOD: Burger restaurant |
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