Status Updates From The Queen and Her President...

“‘“The Queen looked rather conspiratorial and said, ‘One gets crafty after a while and learns how to save oneself,’ Jackie [Kennedy] recalled. TO SAVE ONESELF — to protect your core even as the world scrutinizes you, sometimes without Mercy.” — Jackie B. Kennedy O., as quoted by Susan Page in THE QUEEN & HER PRESIDENTS

… in which the Queen sends Eisenhower her recipe for “dropped scones” … evidently she was a dab hand at making them for guests on picnics at Balmoral …

“‘The American cocksure-ness is shaken.’ … “ — Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, as quoted by Susan Page in this book