13 March 2009

Running a little behind schedule?

'The Duke of Edinburgh, president of the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, has approved the following to be commissioners: Professor Sir Richard Brook, OBE, chief executive, Leverhulme Trust; Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector, Royal College of Art; Mr Stuart Corbyn, lately chief executive, Cadogan Estates'

- The Times, 11 March 2009

2 comments:

Matthew said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_for_the_Exhibition_of_1851

Slightly Intrepid said...

Yes, it was just a cheap joke I'm afraid. In the NZ context Asia 2000 kept its original name well into the 21st century before changing it to Asia:NZ. Not quite as impressive as a century and a half of history, granted.