Name-dropping the Queen enough to escape KGB You never know when family connections might come in useful. BBC presenter Simon Reeve was once arrested by the KGB in the former Soviet region of Transnistria.
Luckily, two days earlier he'd been telling his translator, an English teacher called Loretta, about a family legend which claims he's descended from architect Sir Christopher Wren, who enjoyed royal patronage.
Loretta marched straight to KGB headquarters. 'You cannot arrest these people,' she said. 'You will bring terrible shame on Transnistria — he's related to the Queen of England. ' He and his crew were freed immediately.
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