Royal Pager

News from Sam Coates' Red Box blog that Labour MPs are having their pagers replaced with Blackberries reminds me of an amusing story. Claire Short was in a Privy Council Meeting when her pager went off. All proceedings were held up as the thing got louder and louder and she rummaged frantically in her handbag to find it. Eventually she pulled it out but it stopped. 'Oh Dear' said the Queen 'I do hope it wasn't anyone important'