I’d refuse the invitation, or should by some mechanism I be tricked into meeting Elizabeth, I would tell the freeloading bitch where to shove her beverage, and then where she can shove the rest of her monarchy.
The premise of the original post is silly as has been pointed out would not happen but as an alcoholic I would defer. There is no wrong way to acheive sobriety but the only one that worked for me was AA.
Abstinence is a must for a bonafide alcoholic. I find it amusing when people take issue with this and can only assume they are rationalising their own drinking.
Sorry if that wasn’t clear: the ambulance picked him up that evening, he said, by which I inferred that the one drink led to many, many more drinks throughout the day, resulting in alcohol poisoning. He was telling the story as it was told to him by his mother: he has no memory of that day at all.
Daniel
Yep, there’s no way any such situation could happen in any official situation. Back in my student days I earned beer money through work with catering agencies, and one job was for a visit by old Liz, to the local fire brigade HQ. Her and Philip were there for lunch…three weeks in advance, it had been specified that while everyone else would be drinking wine, the Queen would be provided with a gin & tonic (not large), and the Prince with a can of Boddingtons (chilled, opened, unpoured but with a pint glass). Nothing escapes them.
Yep - my dad was in charge of the organziation of the Queen’s visit here when it happened and I happened to peruse her itinerary. Everything down to her pee breaks is scheduled and accounted for. There’s no way that someone could just stumble in without having been briefed, extensively, before hand.