Slightly slightly off topic….but a connection to the Duke of Windsor and meteorology, Resmoroh!

At the time of his death I ran a Climatological Observing Station in Eastbourne, and our sunshine recorder (sun ball) was – and probably still is – on the roof of the Grand Hotel. Come the day, the union flag was at half mast and entangled itself in the sunshine recorder ripping out the card. The result was that we ‘lost’ over eight hours of sunshine that day and were in what was then called the “Sunshine League” – vied for jealously by all seaside resorts on the coast who wanted to officially be “Suntrap of the South”. Result; we lost that year by a about six hours!

Anyway…a slight digression.

Ahh but did you abdicate responsibility?