Mistress* Ann Y visits Mrs.* Lord Mayor at the Mansion House - Ladies* who lunch

downstairs - the Egyptian Hall

I do not know why the Lord Mayor has a keep-fit rowing machine in his bedroom - if my bed was that high off the ground, a flying leap from the other side of the room would be sufficient to keep me fit.

Mind you, a previous Lady* Mayoress* suggested another way - she had photographs of her neices and nephews scaling the bedposts!

Oh! the disadvantages of the priviledged life!

There were eighteen guests and we all had a wonderful time. Not only the tour of the private apartments - a bathroom each; a separate kitchen and a robing room with easy access to the Banqueting Room balcony; this latter being about the size of the ground floor of my house - but delicious food and great company.

What a lovely luncheon. I will be dining out on the experience for many months to come.

Thank you Elizabeth Lady* Mayoress*.

signed

[Mrs*] A Yorke

Stalwart companion* of the 2012-3 Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects

* difficult to know how to keep this 'politically correct' in gender terms - advice plz.
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