terrierjohn

Why do you think that Royal protocol advisors are likely to also be experts in spotting whether a photo has been modified?

I hope that I would be equally sympathetic in that case, although I somehow doubt that Me me would be quite as quick to offer a no strings apology as Kate was.

What on earth is misleading about photo editing a family photo, to try and improve the image. There is now a phone camera that uses its onboard photo editing features to advertise its benefits over others.

I still firmly believe that the quality, and look of the MDR food is due to the standards demanded by the chief chef. However like @Selbourne I do think the hexagon shaped roast potatoes do need to be dropped and replaced with something that genuinely looks and tastes like a roast potato, and green beans should no longer be a daily staple, and sauces need to have more taste and substance.

Why ever not, if I could remember how to photo shop from the 3 month course I did, then I would happily improve some of my photos before releasing them on my family and being subject to unflattering comments about my photography skills. And following the furore this has caused I would not blame them if they chose never to provide any family photos in the future.

Mine are with the same broker, and what I did was to print out a statement then redacted all the unnecessary data and then send that version to stockperks.

Applied to stockperks late Friday for a september cruise, e-mail yesterday saying it had been sent to P&O, and one today saying my OBC has been applied to the cruise. I think I like this new system, but I have no idea how stockperks will be able to guarantee that I will still hold the shares in September, but I guess that will be P&O's problem.

Unfortunately it has gone pear shaped as some US news organisation suspect the photo might have been manipulated, and have pulled it from their news feeds. Such are the perils of being a newsworthy royal.

It might need more precision on how you type it and whether and where you put spaces, I have had that on other websites.

Glad you are back safe and sound, and thank you for taking me along with you to enjoy your adventures, it was a most pleasurable experience.

I think you will need to talk to P&O or with a TA, because I cannot believe that they don't offer a cruise only option, unless it's because it's a world sector, rather than a fly cruise.

We found that we were able to get a cheaper and better deal ourselves than with Princess. Then also decided to add on several days before and after to take in the barrier reef, Uluru and a longer stay in Sydney pre cruise, as well as a few days in Auckland before we returned.

Arvias pricing does seem quite a bit higher than even Ionas, we recently booked a Sept Iona Canaries cruise, mainly because it was significantly lower than an Arvia one, which interested us because we have not been on her yet. However the Arvia one was only 6 ports and they were identical to a Britannia one we did in 2022, and apart from la Coruna and Cadiz not really very interesting, whilst Iona was 7, and although we have done many Canaries cruises, we do quite like all the ports.

Thank you @TigerB that is most helpful, I think we will give that a go later this month. Not sure about the lift though, that's where I had my wallet lifted last year.

Poor thing still having to work at 70.😉

I would wait until the Carnival website updates the shareholder info, it may well say up to 31st July 2025. I treat the info on the P&O website with a degree of scepticism.

Why would any child under 2 need a separate lifeboat space, in fact in rough seas it could be extremely dangerous for the child not to held safely in a parents arms. Don't the idiots who write these rule books live in the real world?

Since 2010, when we first required an accessible cabin, we have usually booked at launch, enjoying 10% off the launch price, and since we booked select but chose not to use CPS or the coach, the basic amount of OBC, plus £150 shareholder OBC. In my opinion all of that was free money, because it applied to everyone and flexible pricing did not commence until the first week after launch, so the b*******g about with the basic price and OBC never affected us.

I sympathise with you and agree P&Os customer service does not meet what we ought to be receiving from a major cruise line. However I think the answer to your problem is that you should use a good quality online TA in future, perhaps one based in the north midlands, and on cruise critics recomended list, who I am sure would give you great service and advice and sort out any issues, like these, far faster and easier than doing it yourself.

You need to be very careful giving your dog cooked bones, they can be very brittle and can break into big pieces that they can choke on.

Who gave CC permission to stick adverts in the middle of threads, nobody asked for my opinion, dont they know we live in a democracy????

That should certainly be far cheaper than everyone paying for an internet package.

I agree, I don't really expect Carnival to take advice from any passenger, unlike RCI group who are totally customer focused.

Your stockbroker should have emailed you giving details of how you can vote in the AGM.

Maybe when it get towards cruise date they will accept bookings for cabin grades were none remain, if there are still cabins of a higher grade available, which could be given as upgrades.