Dizzie by now was one of jazz's elder statesmen, whose trademark angled horn and bulging cheeks transformed his image from bebop rebel to beloved clown prince.
In an article in the Times, the Romanian prime minister strikes a more emollient tone, inviting Britons to come and enjoy a "strong pint" in Bucharest's Old Town or a "quiet holiday" in the sleepy Transylvanian villages beloved by Prince Charles.
The church did indeed face an immediate crisis, as journalists rushed to interpret the archbishop's comment as a threat to provoke a constitutional impasse should Prince Charles wed his beloved Camilla Parker Bowles.