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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460795" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>0348 Me, Royalty and Fame</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't wave anything at the Queen<br>when I saw her leaving an official reception<br>sitting bolt upright in the car, <br>still, pale, exhausted, <br>on her way to the next engagement<br>of the five or so that day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say much to the Queen Mum<br>when presented to her -<br>some people chat with royalty when introduced<br>like old friends; others, even the most anti-monarchical<br>turn to idiot jelly. But<br>she sure was good in dealing with it. <br>A pro to her fingertips.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to Prince Charles<br>when he opened an exhibition <br>that he and I had an interest in; <br>but I'm proud to say we pushed<br>the greatest man in the room<br>into the receiving line<br>which otherwise he would not have sought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to Princess Diana<br>when at a reception I saw she'd spotted<br>the big red badge I'd been given and wore proudly -<br>'One of the nice things about New York'; <br>I felt a fraud and slunk away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to the Prime Minister<br>when he invited me for tea -<br>the invitation got mislaid.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to John and Yoko<br>when I met them at her first art exhibition -<br>since just looking is what art is for.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to the Rolling Stones<br>when there they were sitting in a line<br>in the sunlight on the wall outside the National Gallery<br>before they were screaming-famous.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say much to Andy Warhol<br>since my question seemed to knock him backwards -<br>he leaned back, shrugged and said weakly<br>'It seemed a good idea at the time...'<br>then his minders hustled him on through the Andy Andy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say much to Gloria Swanson<br>when some upmarket con unexpectedly<br>put me on the telephone to her<br>about her sculpture.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to Marianne Faithfull<br>when she came in to the shop -<br>I was downstairs typing invoices at the time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say anything to William Burroughs<br>when he was living in the flat above -<br>he didn't seem to want to talk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't say much to the Canadian Prime Minister<br>sitting next to him at that lavish banquet -<br>they'd changed Prime Ministers from the swinging one<br>between the invitation and the banquet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that's about it, really. The rest<br>of the time you can't stop me talking.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q>
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sitting bolt upright in the car, 
still, pale, exhausted, 
on her way to the next engagement
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