[SamuraiScot]

Another pampered prince...

I heard the expression as "perfumed prince."

I forget who said it. Rumsfeld? Priceless either way.

[DPMD]

Retired US Army Col David Hackworth - called the most decorated soldier in US history - wrote extensively about those he called perfumed princes high up in the military bureaucracy and government.

[Finalapproach29er]

I heard the expression as “perfumed prince.”

I forget who said it. Rumsfeld? Priceless either
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The late Col. David Hackworth used that expression about Gen. Wesley Clark during the Bosnia campaign.