I liked the story told by one of her aides the other week on the Beeb.

The one time she went to the opera during her premiership, it was about Mozart. Now Mozart is believed to have had Tourette's syndrome.

After the performance, she said she loved the music, bur disliked all the swearing. Her host said it was historically accurate.

"No,no," she said,"With all that lovely music, the swearing was quite wrong."

her host patiently explained that Mozart h'd had tourette's syndrome.

She responded, "Didn't you hear what I said?"

    Ivor