β¦ith the Foreign Office. She was asked how she would feel about being posted abroad. βOh,β she said, βI love to travel. Iβm happy to go anywhere.β It was late 1983, and there was a war in Libya (capital, Tripoli). Asked how she would feel about being posted to Tripoli, she replied: βOh, marvellous. I love Italy.β She got the job. I think it was because she wore nail polish.