Somehow it’s hard to imagine the Queen and Prince Phillip being on board with this latest attack of PC insanity *UPDATED*

The Queen and Prince Phillip were born in the 1920s.  They are, I gather, inherently conservative people.  While moving in the British upper classes has no doubt exposed them to a great many gays and lesbians (and I’m sure their manners allow them to take those interactions in stride), I’m not sure that the elderly duo is ready for this bit of PC overkill:

On Tuesday the Metropolitan Police posted an advertisement inviting ‘special groups’ to apply to protect the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral.

Police chiefs ordered the recruitment drive amid concerns that there are not enough officers from minority groups guarding the Queen.

But critics accused the Met of bowing to political correctness.

The advertisement from Scotland Yard’s Royalty Protection Branch, known as SO14, invites armed officers from all backgrounds to apply for the role to ‘deliver residential protection through a combination of fixed posts and mobile patrols’.

The recruitment notice, which was posted internally within the Met, reads: ‘Successful officers can expect to work at London palaces or Windsor Castle and officers are required to perform tours of duty in Scotland.

‘Applications are particularly welcomed from women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and black and minority ethnic communities/people as these are under-represented-within SO14.’ Successful candidates must be trained in firearms and will be expected to work 12-hour shifts.

If it was me, I’d want people who are really good at the actual job: protection. Their sexuality and gender identity should be subordinate to that mission.  End of story.

UPDATE:  From a reader:  “OK, somebody has to say this . . . .  You mean they’re going be the Queen’s QUEENS?!!!”