Wednesday, February 15, 2012

James Whitaker: 1940-2012

Royal correspondent James Whitaker died today after a long battle with cancer.

I met Whitaker twice.  The first was in 1986 during the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Washington, D.C., and a year later, we were both in Greenwich, Connecticut,  where the Duke and Duchess of York were to watch a polo match.  I wore heels, not the best foot wear, to trek through a muddy field, but the shoes came in handy when Whitaker tried to push in front of me.  Oops!, my heel came down into his foot!  He stayed behind me!


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/9084927/James-Whitaker.html