TOOTS
10-22-2010, 01:59 PM
The Duchess of Fife was of a dimunative stature, but in her sable coat she appeared, to all extent and purposes, more akin to being of blue blood than aspiring to giving the outward appearance of a ruffled chicken.
She was of a gentle nature, but had enough iron in her persona to adequately convey and expect her views to be considered in a responsible manner by all the members that mattered in the new British Cabinet.
Having been a Lady in Waiting to the Queen at her Investiture, woe betide any aspiring politician that chose to display discourtesy or treat her advice lightly. She had only just come off the phone to the Chancellor to both question his sums in the Budget and to firmly remind him that although the French were currently rioting over the raising of the retirement age from 50 to 51, he should not take lightly the Anglo Saxon displeasure at having their own raised to 80. Furthermore, she reminded the poor man, that the Duke was also somewhat purturbed that no exemptions to the austerity measures had been implemented for Scottish crofters or the wiskey distillers.
(To be continued)
She was of a gentle nature, but had enough iron in her persona to adequately convey and expect her views to be considered in a responsible manner by all the members that mattered in the new British Cabinet.
Having been a Lady in Waiting to the Queen at her Investiture, woe betide any aspiring politician that chose to display discourtesy or treat her advice lightly. She had only just come off the phone to the Chancellor to both question his sums in the Budget and to firmly remind him that although the French were currently rioting over the raising of the retirement age from 50 to 51, he should not take lightly the Anglo Saxon displeasure at having their own raised to 80. Furthermore, she reminded the poor man, that the Duke was also somewhat purturbed that no exemptions to the austerity measures had been implemented for Scottish crofters or the wiskey distillers.
(To be continued)