State Visit: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, 9 - 17 May 1967 (2)

Naughty old Faisal! He caused a bit of a stir at the return reception because (00:24) he first of all invited that dreadful old Lord Hailsham - who went and changed his name to Hogg as if he couldn't have picked any name he liked, and then (00:31) he insisted on bringing along his Official Footwarmer, a little boy whose job it was to sleep on His Majesty's toes. Mummy said this is a tradition that goes back to Ali Ba Ba but Dads said that was rubbish because he was foot warmer at Eton for so long that he never knew what a mattress was until he once found himself face down on one after losing The Wall Game. Things heat up even more at 00:39 when his Majesty invited the whole world to the Mosque. This threw us all into a tizz because everyone knows Cookie couldn't take off her eight inch heels. She had them fitted, you know, for the season, so she had to say she was indisposed which just fed that silly rumour about her insides. His Majesty was a very holy man. It's said he hypnotised Lawrence of Arabia which is why he turned, you know. It wasn't that anything happened, but in detox he met a boiler maker from Hull, who showed him the lotus position and it was all Karma Sutra from then on. At 01:17 we finally see Dads wearing his Ottoman and carrying the Great Sword. He had to practice for a week before any big event; he said it put his arm off its stroke so he had to get Gordons the Under Butler to do it for him. At 01:21 just look at the adorable Duchess of Kent saying Grace. It's not piety, but hunger; I thought she was going to eat that bouquet after praying over it so intensely; she told me later she would have preferred it to the Dover sole, which was off. She said she had to have a Bex and a lie down after. At 01:58 we see darling Mummy pressing her pudding on Cousin Valdeck (he always ate her sweets). She said she, like the Duchess, always had a lie down after a State Dinner because it was the only way she could get the guests to leave, and even then half of the men insisted on having a lie down too, because it was always such fun! Mummy's wonderful. She's 98 you know.

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