Forelock-tugging Shipping Reporter makes right royal discovery in op shop.
The letter was sent by a Lady- in- Waiting on behalf of the Queen Mother thanking a Townsville couple, Mrs and Mrs R. de Graaff, for the kind message they sent Her Majesty on her 100th birthday in 2000.
Our Shipping Reporter had a fishy close encounter with Her Majesty in New Zealand . She was on a royal visit , and the Shipping Reporter , with a British photographer , was covering part of a 1960s tour in the North Island .
From memory , he said the overland royal entourage was delayed because a sheep transporter had overturned , causing a road blockage.
Late in the day , Her Majesty , dressed to give the impression she was about to go trout fishing , looking like Vera in the current television detective series, graciously agreed to pose for the reporter and cameraman for a fake photo in Rotorua , then quickly retired to change into something more comfortable
(Royal. Fishing. Vera.)
