The Crown series 1:Suez Crisis and the Negev Desert [ failed geography again]

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Made by Katherine from her photos.
Sir Anthony Eden confused deserts and launched a phoney war on the Bedouins.As they lived in  the Negev desert in  Israel  it was somewhat confusing because Israel had just invaded Egypt  via Sinai in collusion with France and Britain
Did they want their just deserts?
The Bedouin took their tents and went awol. Now they live in no man’s land.
The USA refused to help and Britain had to get her troops out.
Score:Nasser 17 UK 1

Meanwhile Prince Philip is in Antarctica wondering where to go next.
Princess Margaret has disappeared [ maybe with the Bedouins?] and Princess Diana has not yet been born.
Everyone is dressed  smartly as jeans have not been invented.

The Queen is lonesome but does not take a  lover as she loves  her husband and doesn’t want to cause a scandal.Still with  Suez,Israel and France and a new PM she is quite busy.And she can watch TV all night.
Britain realises it is no longer the Superpower of the world.
If only people had known that before Brexit 60 years later what a help it might have been
God seems absent but  he’s probably in the jungle with the wild animals.