So what about the huge costs involved getting all those aircraft lined up nice and straight(ish) for the 90th flypast over the queen? No-one seemed to mind then. If this harrier wasn't going to be flown by the brother of the ships captain would there have been a story or an issue then?
What a shame the PC tree hugging world we live in has now reached our not so illustrious leadership.
Must have been a slow news day at the torygraph though.