"I can't stand the noise on the first floor!" cried temperamental new French Premier & Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour in the French Foreign Ministry last week, ordered his office moved upstairs into the Queen's Bedroom.
Surprised functionaries feebly protested. The Royal Apartments at the Foreign Office of the French Republic have thus far been strictly reserved for visiting sovereigns. In the Queen's Bedroom have slept, at one time or another, all of Europe's better queens, including England's Mary. As for noise, the first floor was not too noisy for the late, great...
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