Congratulations !!

Congratulations to my sister Kate, and her boyfriend Tim, who have just told me they are engaged !! These two splendid urchins rang me up at ridiculous o'clock in the morning to give me the news - I am of course very very pleased for them both. I was probably quite incoherent on the phone, as I was in the middle of a dream in which I was talking to Kate ... and being woken up by her and having to talk on the phone was a pretty surreal experience. So sorry if I was a bit non-plussed at first ! Tim has also asked for me to be his best man (sharing joint responsibilities with Hugh) - a role which I'm honoured and thrilled to accept. I shouldn't think there'll be a lack of annecdotes for the speech as Tim and I have got drunk together about a thousand times. I am pleased that my sister has had the good sense to marry someone who is reckless enough to kiss a whole prawn on the eye.