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The Prime Minister was the victim of a second protocol problem when he was honoured as the 'World Statesman of the Year' at a star-studded reception.
The award, given by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, was handed to Mr Brown by former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger in the presence of rock star Bono and Queen Rania of Jordan.
But the Prime Minister was only there for 15 minutes, leaving guests who had paid $1,000 a head for dinner afterwards dumbfounded.
A No 10 spokesman said he had never been due to attend the dinner.
But one guest said: 'Gordon Brown turned up for a black tie dinner in a lounge suit and disappeared after a quarter of an hour.
He and Sarah were listed as guests on the tickets and the posters and everyone expected them to stay.'
A Downing Street spokesman said, 'The king is dead, you say? Yeah, well. Who gives a shit? Next.'
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