As important as the Queen?
June 26, 2002
George Foulkes, who has just been made a Privy Counsellor, tells the following tale. Some time ago Clare Short and Mo Mowlam were attending upon the Queen when Clare's pager started vibrating. Clare surreptitiously checked the message. Whereupon Her Majesty looked up and enquired: 'Someone important?'
Or as the saying goes: "It's nice to be important. But it's important to be nice." And obviously "we" weren't very amused, either.
* A View From The Foothills, by Chris Mullin, is published on March 12 by Profile Books at £20.
* Photo: The Monarchy, by Robert Hardman. The Queen and her Privy Council prepare to swear in two new members at a monthly meeting, Buckingham Palace.
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