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Old 15th Apr 2024, 13:49
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Originally Posted by langleybaston
Very early on there was big official gathering [in a sports stadium?] of the NATO great and good. It was Wilson’s first big public outing. The German PA announcer stumbled by introducing him as “Sir Wilson” to ill-disguised sniggering by the Brit minions.
Which inevitably reminds me of the very old story about Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris and how our American friends in Germany were always confused by the apparently blatant way in which Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley always seemed to travel and be accommodated with Lady Norris ....

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