Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Queen Announces State Funeral for Chalky

BBC NEWS England Chalky Given State Funeral

Tributes have been flooding in for Celebrity Chef Rick Stein’s beloved dog Chalky who passed away earlier today aged 17 (or 119 in dog years).

Chalky enjoyed years of fame, appearing in a number of television programs, and accompanying his owner on countless foreign adventures. The highlight of his career was arguably his in appearance in Celebrity Big Brother in 2002 in which he came runner up to Chesney Hawkes’ cleaner Margarita Cracatan.

In a special message from Buckingham Palace the Queen today announced that a book of condolence would be opened in all UK major cities, and that Mr. Stein and his family had been given the option of a state funeral for Chalky. Calls for a day of national mourning have been dismissed as absurd.

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