Gstaad
The bad news is I had yet another birthday – 67 – along with my friend Claus von Bulow, who hit a double seven. Claus, incidentally, has turned into a fine theatre critic in his mature years, reviewing with grace and insight and quoting from the numerous wits and wise men and women he has known. And speaking of old age, I wish there was a bit more respect for ladies who die in their nineties – i.e., Diana Mosley. Is there so little imagination left among the hacks that every printed cliché about her had to be repeated ad nauseam?
So Hitler came to her wedding. So what? It was before the war, for Christ’s sake. The King of England had drinks with Adolf at just about that time. Did she denounce Jews to the Gestapo? She did not. Did she encourage Nazis to kill Jews? She did not.
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