And it all went downhill from there[1]...

Apparently, when quite new in the Prime Ministerial job, Tony Blair
asked a charming, and somehow familiar-looking lady, whom he met at
reception at a European summit of some kind, what job she was now doing.

"Oh, I'm still the Queen of the Netherlands", she replied, offering him
some cocktail nibbles from a dish she was circulating with.

[1] found on a forum.

 

http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/mistaken/queen.asp

 

ogden says...

I wasn't that far out then:

"Yet fable or no, it keep popping up. Witness this September 1999
sighting, straight from the lips of British Prime Minister Tony Blair:
Tony Blair revisits his greatest social gaffe in an interview with
Woman's Journal.

"I was at a big international conference, when a woman who seemed
vaguely familiar asked me where I was from," he says. "'I'm Tony Blair
from the British Labour Party,' I replied. 'And you are?'

'My name is Beatrice [sic] and I'm from the Netherlands.'

'Beatrice who?'

'Just Beatrice.'

'What do you do?' I asked.

'I am the Queen.'"

 

darsy says...

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just quoting what I found.

 

Sounds like a particularly nice biscuit

 

Mark Olson says...

Which is why she probably refers to herself as simply "Beatrix"

 

Fucking snob, what's wrong wi' "Betty"?


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Beav

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Her mates call her Trixie.

 

As in "what do you call a woman who can balance four pints on her head?"

 

If she's Dutch, wouldn't that be Grolschtrix?

Ali

 

TMack wrote

Doug.

 

Lozzo () gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

A friend of mine is a lawyer.

He swears blind that he was at a drinkies do at one particular chambers a
few years ago, where everybody was ignoring one bloke stood in the corner
on his own. Until a visiting Johnny Foreigner took pity on this bloke,
walked up to him and asked him if he was a lawyer, and if not what he did
for a living...

It was Matrix chambers, and it was the husband of one of the QCs belonging
to said chambers. Apparently two large gentlemen appeared from nowhere and
started to look protective.

 

I don't get it.
This is some kind of nerdy thing, right?

 

mb () gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Cherie is/was a QC at Matrix chambers...

 

OK, got it now. Doesn't sound quite right.

 

Champ () gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

I'm not sure I do, either - but my friend swears blind he was stood about
20ft away and heard it all with his own two ears...

 

Well yes, obviously...

 

Class... Our Tony eh? Bless 'im...

On Rajo 4 tonight, Tony Blair - the highlights in 15 mins...
Excellent...

 

Well you'll be able to tell him he's a liar and prove it now.


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Beav

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Blair? Stood in a corner on his own? Don't think so.

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platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."