Quote #4

'Now I am in your country with a colleague, than whom I am older, have been in parliament longer, have held higher positions in our respective political parties: we are both staying at the Peking Palace Hotel and his suite is bigger than mine. Why?' The Minister, very embarrassed, finally said: 'It is because Mr Churchill had a famous grandfather.' It is the only time that I have been out-grandfathered.

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