He was a civil servant (aka, he worked for the Government directly in one of their departments), so she could do that. He has had an interesting life, he…

• Has met Gorbachev.
• Has been inside a Nuclear Reactor.
• Watched someone use a sledgehammer to push down a stuck nuclear control rod (made him not trust Nuclear Power seeing that).
• Has made maps that have been in (and still are in one, which is now a Museum).
• Once revealed that upper management wasn’t doing their jobs with a prank.
• Will randomly point at things during drives and say “See that, that doesn’t officially exist”.
• Has signed the Official Secrets act.
• Has driven a car halfway up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).
• Photographed the aftermath of an electrocution at a substation.
• Watched the Scotland Secretary nearly send a message about Margaret Thatcher being a bitch to all the major papers.
• Learnt First Aid, specially in case the UK got Nuked.
• Has photographed the Queen multiple times.
• Has photographed Jimmy Savile (yeah).
• Has made me more or less distrustful of the government because he’s seen it from the inside.