Sky News commentator Adam Boulton recounts the first time he met the Queen and when he became the only reporter ever to 'doorstep' her.
I never intended to get a scoop. I'd checked we were allowed to have the camera rolling because I thought my bosses back at TV-am would like to see the monarch visiting the team.
I continued to get invitations - or rather in the Queen's case"commands" - to attend official functions.The royal flunkeys keep a beady eye out to make sure all the guests speak to the Queen. The invitations kept coming, including to a memorable post-Diana"re-set" reception for the British media at Windsor Castle.
The hapless John Major was locked in simultaneous negotiations with the EU when the Queen commanded our presence in Edinburgh.The prime minister's timetable ruled out cocktail-o'clock drinks. We were commanded instead to Holyrood Palace for morning coffee.
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