The Grim Reaper has been having a high old time of late.
I've barely had a moment to keep up with my diary, I have been so busy writing letters of condolence, attending funerals and giving addresses at memorial services.
I was especially saddened by the passing of Prue Penn, 97, a long-standing friend of Elizabeth II and a woman so alive it's hard to believe she could be dead.
A few years ago, Lady Penn got my address from a mutual acquaintance and, out of
