"Courtiers used to surround little child princes and princesses with years of flattery, resulting in Roman Emperors like Caligula and Nero, and French Queens like Marie Antoinette and Dominique de Villepin."
Nice little dig at that pompous fop. What an insufferable tool he was in the run up to the Iraq War.
A good read, not too long and very informative. Worth the effort.
Doesn't he mean 'Pinch'?