The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien 81, was Canada’s Liberal PM from 1993 until 2003. In 1995, he did the
Queen a favour by helping stop Quebec becoming independent.
A less welcome memory will be how a Canadian DJ involved her in one an infamous hoax call by pretending to be Chrétien.
The
prankster spoke to the monarch on-air for 15 minutes and elicited a
promise for her to influence the Quebec referendum. The Queen fell for
the ruse, with the Palace describing the incident as ‘irritating and
regrettable’.
Comment:
Canucks are not allowed to be UK Dames,Knights or Lords.
Order has to be returned to the Palace when the holder dies.
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Egyptian-born
Prof.Sir Magdi Yacoub 79, carried out Britain’s first heart and lung transplant at
Harefield Hospital in 1983 and is thought to have performed more heart
transplants than anyone else. He is professor of cardiothoracic surgery
at Imperial College London.
He was inspired to take up his career after his aunt died of a heart condition while giving birth.
Last
year he caused headlines by recommending that everyone over the age of
40 should take cholesterol-busting statins. The benefits of taking the
controversial drugs ‘massively’ outweigh the risks and to not make them
more widely available is ‘lunacy’, he said.
