Adultery, military and a little poetry

Admiral Ben Key, married and father of three, had fun with a subordinate. Key isn't gay; the subordinate is a woman.

- R. PRASANNAN

We don't know if it was adultery; the British tabloids—prudes!—don't tell us if she was someone's wife.

Key has been kicked out, and King Charles has anointed General Gwyn Jenkins to head the Royal Navy. A general to head the navy? Yes, mates! Jenkins will be the first general to be the 'first sea lord'. He was a commando in the Royal Marines, the Royal Navy's amphibious special ops force.

Good luck, Jenkins. Keep your eyes open, and your ears safe. Once a captain Jenkins crossed the sea path of the Spaniards in the south seas, and they sent him back minus an ear. An MP brought the severed ear to parliament; the sight of it fired England's fiercest sea spirits leading to a nine-year war with Spain starting 1739. They called it the War of Jenkins' ear, perhaps the first war triggered by the sight of a human organ, after Cleopatra's nose.