""Almost everyone who comes to the house says, 'Oh Ambassador, you are spoiling us.' That image of a bunch of stuck-up aristocrats eating ridiculous chocolates - I'm sure they're very nice - and swilling champagne at taxpayers' expense… it's just not what we're like.
"I do not keep a single Ferrero Rocher."
Well I did always wonder about that. Now I know.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34040175
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