I was belatedly reading one of the weekend newspapers supplements called News Review and one picture caught my eye, our Queen and Ronald Reagan, so I read on.
When Reagan was president, he and his wife Nancy were guests of honour for dinner on board the Royal Yatch, the Queen decided she would serve coffeee, which was most unusual. Now the article goes on to say that you would think anything the Queen offers you, you would gladly accept but no, when she asked Reagan if he would like a coffee, she was stunned when he replied, "No thanks. Do you have a decaff?" You would think that would have been affront enough but as the Queen immediately dispatched one of her flunkies in search of decaff coffee, Reagan reached out a hand and gently patted the Queen on the rump and said, "Thanks for taking care of that"
Apparently everyone held their breath waiting for her to exploded but she didn't, the Queen just smiled and said that's "perfectly alright, Mr. President"
Do you think Reagan was a spanko? Or could HRH have tendencies? Neither, it seems, were flustered.
Ronnie
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