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Originally Posted by glatt
For her first birthday, my daughter got a card from the White House, "signed" by Bill Clinton. I don't know how she got it. Maybe somebody in my family requested it and never told us.
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Complete and utter aside - the best part of my Mum's 60th birthday (so she told me on a recent visit) was a card I had arranged to have signed by her favourite actor. It surprised all of us, because I had it delivered to my brother's address and he had thrown away the stamped addressed envelope I provided for the card to be returned in. So it was only when Mum started opening her cards at lunch and I recognised the picture on the one she had just opened that I signalled my brother with my eyes. About 2 seconds before Mum started screaming. It took us about 5 minutes to even convince her it was really from him.
I wrote him a thank you note, but I'd just like to say again - thank you Mr Edward Petherbridge, you are a gentleman. He not only signed it (and he has gorgeous handwriting) he drew a little pen and ink sketch of himself as Lord Peter Wimsey - the first role in which my Mum knew him.