Bernie Paul and I attended a packed low mass at Westminster Cathedral this week followed by lunch together at the nearby Duke of York public house.
I wondered if the Duke of York is to be renamed given the ignominious re-titling of the human Duke of York following his affair with the then 17 year old American girl. The former Duke of York is not a man I actually like or even respect, but given the girl was over the British age of consent and has been been paid handsomely I am not sure why the Prince has been so vilified; perhaps her suicide years later?
The lunch together at the Duke of York public house was fun. The pub was surprisingly crowded though we were found a convenient window table on the 1st floor.
Despite the sadness of Bernie having difficult news about her close friend who is very ill our lunch was most enjoyable. Of course my family's news of the birth of baby atomic dot was very happy which to an extent counter-balanced Bernie's upsetting information about her friend.
Our lunch together finished all too soon.
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