Briefs encounter
From Susan Crosland Sir: In her as usual entertaining column (Singular life, 14 October), Petronella Wyatt (or was it Alan Clark?) ranked Porfirio Rubirosa as number one great lover. My acquaintance with him consisted of an inter- view for John Junor's Sunday Express — plus several subsequent telephone calls he made to my home. The interview was conducted over lunch in his room at the Savoy. At its completion I retired to his bathroom to freshen up. On emerging I encountered a grinning Mr Rubirosa in his boxer shorts, through which stood a donkey-style mem- ber. He threw me on to his unmade bed and a wrestling match ensued as this grotesque thing swung about. Being a self-reliant American, I extracted myself unscathed, picked up my notes and made my departure. Adding to the absurdity was the neat little P.R. embroidered on his underpants.
Susan Crosland
London SW7
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