JK2006 wrote:
I'm catching up at last on the BBC series - it's terrific - do watch it Hedda. An incredible woman; like her or loathe her you must surely admire her.
no I didn't admire her policies but thought she had the
most beautiful porcelain skin I've seen on a lady. I also think she was
probably mad which is probably forgivable as I think Tony Blair was
far worse than Thatcher is most likely sane.
##only other woman with similar is
Cate Blanchett.
Of course I only met her once when a pal who was the PR for the Sydney Ritz Carlton rang me in a flap to ask if I could rush in and take some snaps of Thatcher who was staying there and arriving shortly.
I did and we waited at the hotel's front door when 2 Jags swept up with Maggie and the British High Commissioner. Out stepped an extraordinary
petite lady.
I took all my pics with Thatcher with GM etc and she snapped at me at one stage and said
"I wasn't ready then young man".
When we were finished she said
"thank you, it was a pleasure to work with such a polite young man ( I wasn't young)"
## only other time I had a similar experience was when the PR for a large Sydney department store rang me urgently and said "
can you grab a camera and come and work for the day and pretend you are a paparazzi?"
I got there within the hour and it was for the arrival of the German designer
Wolfgang Yoop who sadly, was completely unknown in Australia..we went around him for the day and made an incredible fuss of him.
Later that night he took me and another doing similar to dinner and then asked us to take him to a gay bar which we did..but he wanted a leather bar- I left them there.
## I took
Thierry Muglar to a few Sydney gay bars as well. He was delightful.
### Also took
Morgan Freeman to see the drag shows that featured in Priscilla!
Sorry..I've made this all about me again haven't I. People say I name drop which is not true. These all are Brushes With Fame.