quite a lot of experience

Reuters relays Prince Andrew's dissatisfaction with Bush's approach to war and occupation. You mean that Britain had a long imperial history, and that we could have asked advice on how to handle things? Naaaah.

"If you are looking at colonialism, if you are looking at operations on an international scale, if you are looking at understanding each other's culture, understanding how to operate in a military insurgency campaign -- we have been through them all," he said. "We've won some, lost some, drawn some," he told the International Herald Tribune.

"The fact is there is quite a lot of experience over here which is valid and should be listened to."

Breach in tradition for him to speak out this way. But a good point that is hard to dispute.