Terence Blacker: IVF for lesbians and other topics to avoid at Balmoral
The announcement by Cherie that she was going to sing a traditional Native American menstrual chant would have been a worry at the best of times
Published: 04 September 2006
It's over. For the nation's two most distinguished families, an annual torment has just come to an end, never to be repeated. The Queen and Prince Philip have played host for the last time to Mr and Mrs Blair (whom they have nicknamed, for obscure reasons, "the Serviettes") over the last weekend of the summer holidays.
Now it can be revealed that Buckingham Palace and Downing Street have been in negotiations with a view to using the gaffes and embarrassments of the Blairs' annual visit to Balmoral as a guide for future prime ministers and for the royal couple themselves. It has been agreed that in forthcoming visits:
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