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CBS filed a couple of English backgrounders to break the gloomy economic mood. Sheila MacVicar covered an expense account scandal at the House of Commons, where padded claims by Members of Parliament have been leaked. Amid all the double dipping and inflated mileage, sex was bound to qualify for headlines. The husband of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith put in a reimbursement claim for a couple of hardcore movie rentals: "I do not mind him watching. I do mind him spending my taxes," commented the civic-minded X-rated star, whose name just happened to be Jacqui Smith too.
Anchor Katie Couric previewed Barack Obama's visit to Buckingham Palace to assess the odds of his stumbling into a breach of protocol with Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth II has met in person with ten of the last eleven Presidents of the United States--odd man out LBJ--and Couric ran down a sedate blooper reel. Gerald Ford's state dinner in 1976 stood out: "Just as the Queen began to dance, the Marine Band struck up The Lady is a Tramp."
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