37100

It's not the meeting her. It's knowing everything about her. So brush up on your knowledge of all her horses past, present and future. You've met her, so you MUST know.

MarkRD

Yes .. you gave her THE STARE (is that the other thread?) and you will have to rember exactly what she was wearing and what she said .. and of course golden rule, always EXAGGERATE everything!

Lorna at Vicenza

I have a photo of myself with Prince Charles but Principe Carlo doesn't get you as many kudos as the Queen.

Petra R

I only went there (Cornwall) once, well, twice - two days running. Went, beat the Queen, headed out again.

I did fall off a horse 100 yards away from Prince Andrew in Windsor Great Park once (I had a permit to ride in there, which could be aquired for a bit of money and a promise not to mow down the royal wildlife) , when another one of my horses was attacked by one of the Queen's deer. And I ran over several Royal Pheasants.... Does that count?

I found the Italians seemed to like me better when they thought I was British than when they found out I'm actually a tedesca.....

MarkRD

Oh absoloutely .. I think you should stick to the British identity as much as you can. Italians have a contempt for Germans.

well, you've got lots of potential material but never say you were there just for a short time .. like I said you have to exaggerate . .tell them you were invited to a dinner party with HM..although careful because you're in food territory . not good..

NO NO NO! you were *invited* by Prince Andrea and you went round the estate with him on your respective horses . .then you went back to the huge stately home for tea and sandwiches ..

MarkRD

No Camilla?? mmmmmm

"Lady Di" would've been extra points tho.

37100

Ohhh, so much scope here. You didn't run over the pheasants. You were on a kill! And you went on a deer hunt. Doesn't matter if the deer was hunting you!

Italians query me when I say, 'no I'm not Tedesca, I'm Inglese'. They only cheer up when I'm say I'm Londonese. And that opens a whole new bag of worms........

MarkRD

Are you really Londinese? . .know any excellent cheap hotels?

37100

No, no never admit to meeting Lady Di. They'll want to know their marriage details. All of them!

37100

Depends where the boudary stops. Essex.

MarkRD

Oh that'll do ..

How far is it from Gat-wich airport to Trafalgar Square?

Petra R

Guys, you crack me up.... Maybe I should revert to my married name....

My German surname complete with it's Umlaut is hard to disguise as British. Or marry an Italian. That would do the trick, I guess.... I could say I'm a Brit who married an Italian.

And I will embellish my Royal connections (such as they were, pheasants and all) and milk them for all they're worth.

MarkRD

mmm. tricky one that .. Italian women do keep their maiden name, and are quite proud of this fact although will use the husbands name when 'convenient' or referring to the family..

You could always say you're altoatesina .. but again, tricky.. that German thing is gonna be a pain.

Petra R

That "German thing" has ALWAYS been a pain. If I could divorce my country of birth I happily would.....

The main reason why I am not in Germany is because I share the Italian dislike for the Germans as a whole. I can handle the odd individual one, but en mass I find them quite unbearable....

I don't SOUND German and certainly don't look like Heidi..... hmmmmmm... must think of something

Lorna at Vicenza

Unless it's for official paperwork, just avoid giving people your surname.

After 12 years in this village I bet only one or two people know mine. It's Irish and begins with a K and ends in a Y - both letters that are not in the Italian alphabet and it has another 7 letters in the middle.
If I have to leave a name at the photgraphers, the dry cleaners, the shop, a table booking etc. I just tell them to put Lorna or Inglese.

When it comes to the kids and all their stuff, it's either their own surname or "I am the mamma of Chloe ***** or Alex ******.
I bet their teachers don't have a clue as to what my surname is.