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59SOCIAL ACTIVITIESHospitalityI remember a bunch of us drove down to London to the Royal Tournament. Our Saudi colleagues couldn't drive (something about not being allowed within 100 miles of the Smoke because a relative had claimed diplomatic immunity after a road accident?) so came as passengers. Funnily enough, I don't have any recollection of seeing either Mugrin or Aziz Sudairy actually inside the Tournament building, but I do seem to remember Mugrin guiding us later through the streets of the West End to collect Aziz from some address. I also remember Mugrin being very generous and treating us to a slap-up meal in what I thought was an Iranian restaurant but it couldn't possibly have been, could it?Dave CockburnMiss World: Seamy or what?A notice went up asking for volunteers to join similar contingents from Sandhurst and Dartmouth to escort Miss World contestants at the closing dinner. Volunteers were to list their language proficiency. Easy for me; I was reasonably competent at conversing in French.About 30 of us were driven by coach down from Lincolnshire to the Ritz already dressed for the 3 hour journey in our Dinner Jackets and dickie- bows, arriving at about 5 pm. We were warned to be back on the coach by midnight for the return. I use the word %u201ccoach%u201d most generously %u2013 we were conveyed to this event which reeked of opulence and glitz in a RAF 39-seater coach whose thinly padded, uncomfortable seats could be removed quickly so that it could act as an ambulance. Luxury I don%u2019t think.My proficiency in French was clearly recognized and rewarded when I was allocated Miss New Zealand to escort to a table for 8. Miss New