SHORT TAKES : Prince Vetoes Texan Handshake
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LONDON — Prince Charles, who’s still recovering from a broken right arm, said today he’s wary of shaking hands with Americans, especially Texans.
He told a patient at a West London clinic that his arm, badly broken in a June polo accident, continues to heal.
“But he said don’t shake hands with anyone from America--especially Texans--because they shake your hand too hard,” said Mabel Newson, 79, who met the heir to the British throne at St. Dunstan’s Community Leg Ulcer Clinic.
The prince’s arm was broken in two places above the elbow when he fell off his horse during a polo match. The arm did not heal properly, and the 42-year-old son of Queen Elizabeth II had surgery in September.
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