When Charles Saw Me Doing the Splits, He Asked Me to Dinner!! ; Royals in Teletubby Suits, Gallons of Gin ... And How Nichola Mcauliffe Found Herself at Charles's 60th

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When I was a girl, Prince Charles emerging from the Australian surf was the Daniel Craig of his day. He may now be 60, and have traded in the Aston Martin for a bus pass, but I still wouldn't crawl over him to get to John Sergeant. The action man of my youth has survived the slings and arrows of the media to emerge distinguished, respected and with all his own teeth.

A cat may look at a future king though, and for years I did - from the other side of a police cordon. Then in 1987, my cousin, who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets, asked me to accompany him to the opening of the London City Airport by the Prince of Wales. This was my opportunity.

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When Charles Saw Me Doing the Splits, He Asked Me to Dinner!! ; Royals in Teletubby Suits, Gallons of Gin ... And How Nichola Mcauliffe Found Herself at Charles's 60th

Sadly, my efforts to dress the part made me look like a dowdy deputy headmistress and Charles was not devastated by my loveliness. But he laughed at my jokes and I thought I had a friend for life. Unfortunately, he neither phoned nor sent flowers and it was many years before our paths crossed again, this time in the theatre.

I was on stage in a comedy and ...

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