At a state banquet one day, Mrs. Sargent Shriver, the wife of the US ambassador to France, found herself seated beside French president Charles de Gaulle.
Such was her affection for the man that, as the meal drew to a close, she remarked, "Mr. President, I only regret that you're not twenty years younger and that I'm not twenty years younger."
Some time later, Mrs. Shriver casually repeated the remark to Mme de Gaulle. "Ah, yes, Mrs. Shriver," the president's wife replied, "but remember, I would then be twenty years younger too!"
Sources
Robert Morley, Book of Bricks
