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HM has been known for a fairly casual attitude about rule following  
in the past.  As someone who has put in my wifedom time, I would hate  
to be married to and (more important) dependent on someone who is  
likely to cause me trouble in an elected position in the future. I  
don't want to say "conflict of interest", but I wouldn't be in her  
shoes for all the tea in China.

Can you imagine the scene if she were to have to say, "Well Mohamed  
darling, as the President of the FEI and the keeper of the equestrian  
welfare flame, I do believe that you shouldn't really be doing that  
in endurance races."???  Around here they'd say that this is a  
classic "film hindi"  in the making.  You might argue that as  
President of the FEI she might be able to change things, but my  
experience over about 30 odd years as a wife is that husbands  
(particularly middle-aged Arab husbands) are very much a WYSIWYG  
situation.  They don't come with optional fittings.

I wish her the best. Like I said, a good horsewoman and a decent woman.

Cynically,
Maryanne

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