Dear Mr Shitatawe. 

Dear Mr Shitatawe.

Dear Mr Shitatawe,
How incredibly kind of you and President and Mrs Mugabe to single us out for your New Year's holiday. The Prime Minister (at present snorkelling with Mrs Omar) and Mrs Blair were flattered beyond belief (Mrs Blair says Hi to Dolly), and would be delighted to show you around the souks and dirty little alleyways littered with camel dung and what have you. However, on advice from Mr Prescott and Hazel Mears ---and bearing in mind that Mr Omar has no room at the Inn (Ha, Ha, Ha--A little Christmas flavour, Yes?), I regret that the closest rooms are at the Pharaoh Egypt Hotel in Cairo. We are sure that you would not like to be so far away from the Red Sea for your holiday.

Mrs Blair assures me that you will be pencilled in for 2009 and we look forward to having you with us at that time.Mr Prescott is not too keen but we shall nevertheless persuade him to be optimistic with time.

I am certain HRH Prince Charles concurs with us in sending our best wishes. In fact he specifically mentioned you when one of his maize plants was dying.

Yours respectfully,
Peter Pertwee
Private Secretary