Once, long before there was Harry and Meghan and Dodi and all those episodes of The Crown, they came to spend some time with us, Charles and Diana.
Was there anyone in the world more glamorous than the Princess of Wales?
Dazzled as everyone was by their company, the leader of the opposition, David Lange, taking his turn to raise a glass to them, told them he was glad their hosts had been showing them our sparkling sites but he really hoped they might one day get to have the most profound New Zealand experience of all: to spend a night in one of our mountain huts with the sound of rain falling on the tin roof.
