London - An Armistice Day memorial service at the Tower of London descended into farce this morning as the former head of the UK Army slipped in the mud and fell flat on his face as he walked to the podium to read a poem entitled 'The Fallen'.
General Lord Dannatt, the Tower's resident High Constable, was seen grappling in the mire to save his feathered helmet as a second stumble sent him careering among the ceramic poppies commemorating the World War I Centenary.
Millions of TV viewers watching the ceremony were left gobsmacked at the irony as the nation prepared to mark a traditional Two Minute Silence in a ceremony described by news reporters as 'profoundly moving'.
Dannatt, an overblown Right Wing Christian non-entity, presided over the day's ceremonials by dint of his custodianship of the Tower of London where a sumptuous grace-and-favor mansion costs him a mere $200 per week in rent.
Last year he was criticised for the housing arrangement which is valued on the open market at around $10,000.
Dannatt's old mucker General Sir David Richards enjoys a similar government freebie residing at a lavish 50-room wing of Kensington Palace for which the Army picks up an annual $50,000 rent.
Commenting on the day's shenanigans a QM-NewsCorpse stringer said, "What a dose of ironic Karma. Anyone want to see the Dannatt vid?"
