Check the date before you read this.

[Gordon]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/01/tory-mps-lobby-no-10-to-let-royal-family-use-seized-russian-superyacht

[jeremyp]

I haven't read the story, but just from the URL, I'm half thinking what a great idea for a new cheap Royal yacht.

[ProfessorDavey]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/01/tory-mps-lobby-no-10-to-let-royal-family-use-seized-russian-superyacht

Actually this isn't an April Fool's Day story:

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/seized-oligarchs-yacht-could-be-turned-into-new-royal-britannia-317464/

This is from 6 days ago.

[Gordon]

Actually this isn't an April Fool's Day story:

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/seized-oligarchs-yacht-could-be-turned-into-new-royal-britannia-317464/

This is from 6 days ago.

This particular article certainly is an April Fool story - since it contains a quote from that well known royal biographer "Lila Proof", and also we learn that "Conservative MP and former submariner Shiv R M’Timbers" is a supporter of the idea.

[ProfessorDavey]

This particular article certainly is an April Fool story - since it contains a quote from that well known royal biographer "Lila Proof", and also we learn that "Conservative MP and former submariner Shiv R M’Timbers" is a supporter of the idea.

The Guardian article is a spoof, but the idea isn't an April Fool joke. People are really suggesting that confiscated oligarch yachts should be commissioned as a Royal yacht.