'She looked at me and immediately started to tease me - to rib me mercilessly - about the difference in height' - Daniel Kawcynski.
A Shropshire MP who towers above most people has spoken of his fond memories of being ribbed "mercilessly" by the 5ft 2ins Queen.Daniel Kawcynski MP, left, towering over a minister's visit to Shrewsbury, has recalled been teased by Queen Elizabth II
Mr Kawczynski, the only Polish-born British Member of Parliament, was also proud that Queen Elizabeth II recognised the role of Poland's fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain in 1940. "Of course, that immediately broke the ice. I was so nervous at meeting my sovereign for the first time, and it was so good to have that joke at the start of our interaction. Later on in the evening, she was standing at one end of the room and I was at the other end. In front of everybody, she continued teasing me with a gesture about the difference in height."
He said:"She referenced the fact that the Polish 303 squadron shot down more enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain than any other squadron did, and she paid tribute to the extraordinary contribution of Polish mathematicians and cryptographers in helping to break the enigma code at Bletchley, and to the forces that joined the British Eighth Army in north Africa and at Monte Cassino. Of course, my heart melted.
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