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BEYOND REASON:

The Margaret Trudeau Story

Conclusion of a Five-Part Series

Copyright © 1979 Margaret Trudeau. From the book entitled “Beyond Reason”. Published in Canada by Paddington Press Ltd. and by Les Editions Optimum Limitee as “A Cocur

; Ouvert”.

In the eyes of the world my weekend with the iRolling Stones was the freedom trip to end all ifreedom trips. No one but Pierre knew I had

Iready left him for a temporary separation.

To the rest of Canada, to the newspapers of the world, my escapade was yet another example of what a wicked wife | had : become, flaunting my infidelities in Pierre's face.

\ It was all a ghastly mistake: the truth of that Toronto weekend makes

{ dull reading for anyone who saw the newspapers at the time. It began in- jocently and by accident. Pierre and | reached our decision to part on tiday, March 4, 1977 — our sixth wedding anniversary. :

I was packing to leave for New York when a call came from an old friend, Penny Royce, in ‘oronto. “How about dinner with the Rolling Stones?” she suggested, half-joking.

; “Why not?" I replied, “I'm

. I've just left Pierre.” Penny had checked me into Harbor Castle Hotel, be- ise the Stones were staying sthere and we could sneak into sthieir suite for the dinner she

in ‘the El Mocambo, a ‘ightclub that reminded Mick Stthis first London club engage- ‘Ment. To discourage mobs of

, the management had kept

ir visit a secret.

When the Stones.appeared n-stage there was almost a riot ‘among the audience. It was a spectacular, memorable eve- ning, and it was an honor to be there. Afterwards Penny and I went back to the hotel on our own and had a drink.

At three in the morning there was a loud thumping on my door. I groped my way out of bed, wearing white cotton pyjamas, opened the door and found Paul Wasserman, the Stones’ publicity manager, lurching about in the corridor.

“My lady, a gift,” he pro-

A NEW FAMILY for my first film, Kings and Desperate Men: Patrick McGoohan and Jamie Brown. © Margaret Trudeau

By this time it was too late to leave for New York that night, so I went to eat with Ronnie -Wood and the Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts. They dropped me back at the hotel before midnight, saying they were off to a recording session,

At 5 a.m. I got a call from

nounced with rather drunken .. . we

gallantry, showing me a bottle’ of cheap Canadian champagne in a plastic container.

I pointed over my shoulder to my darkened room. “I'm not having a party. Take it away.”

I laughed. “I don't like sweet champagne at this time

* of night." He staggered off.

Next afternoon, about to leave for New York, I bumped into Ronnie Woods, the Stones’ guitarist.

“Hey, where are you off to? Aren't you coming to tonight's session?" :

I hesitated, “I'm not a groupie. I can't possibly.”

“Why don’t you work, then? Take some photographs.”

It seemed the perfect solution. What was I going to do in New York anyway? And wouldn't this be a fine start to

* my new career? I put on my jeans jumpsuit and snapped away hard with my cameras all evening.

Next afterncon I prepared once again to leave Toronto, This time I heard a timid rattling on my door handle. Outside stood a skinny, pale little boy wearing a jogging suit. He was in tears. It was Marlon, Keith Richards’ seven- year-old son.

“Where is everybody? Where are they?” he sobbed. “Dad's lying on the floor crying. What shall I do?"

I went with him to the

Stones’ suite and‘ found that Anita Pallenberg, Marlon’s mother, was out shopping, and that Keith was indeed curled up on the floor in a fetal position, moaning. : His case, for possession of heroin for trafficking, was due to come up the next day in court. Marlon and I dragged him off the floor and laid himon his bed. I covered him with a blanket.

I couldn't abandon the child, so, clearing a space among the dirty plates, empty bottles and garbage that litter. ed the room, I settled on the floor to help him glue together a model airplane. He had a lot of expensive toys he couldn't understand, intended for far older children.

the lobby: “It’s us. We're back. Can we come up? How about a game of dice?”

For the Stones, day is night and night is day. Slightly bemused, I climbed into my jeans, and hastily made my bed before the whole group clatter- ed into my room, in high spirits

D” By the’ tidiesitéached’ New ' York «the: scandal’

ad. -ex-

ploded: ‘Prime Minister's Wife and Rolling Stones.’ ‘Margaret in Hotel Corridor in White Pajamas.’

‘Sex Orgy

in Canadian Prime

Minister's Wife's Suite.‘

A GIRL LIKE ME should have known what trouble nice

into. © Georges Pierre

and drunk with the euphoria that comes from an all-night working session.

“O.K. Maggie, put your money where your mouth is,” ‘said Mick, teasing me, as one rang down to room service for some champagne and orange juice. .

“Does it matter what cur- rency?" I asked, since, rather -surprisingly, I had a pile of yen with me. We settled down to drink, play dice, smoke a little hash.

+ Mick and Keith disappear- ed into a corner to work out a new number, It was fun. I was happy to be part of it. At nine o'clock we’ drew back the cur- tains on a cold gray niorning and ordered coffee. One by one the Stones departed to their own rooms to sleep. Ronnie was the last to leave. :

Late Tuesday morning I left for New York. This time in the corridor, I bumped into Paul Wasserman. He looked

surprised to see me still around,,

gave mea wave, and passed on. I never saw the Stones again. . By the time I reached New York the scandal had exploded: “Prime Minister's Wife and Rolling Stones,” “Margaret in Hotel Corridor in White Py- jamas,” “Sex Orgy in Canadian Prime Minister's Wife's Suite." There was no stopping the rumors, many of them emana- ting from Paul Wasserman. Too late did Mick ring and warn me: “Don't talk to Wasserman, he’s

ur press,agentand is trying:tas «x

get-publicity-for us, But he's‘an arsehole, apn) Gene ee Without Yasmin Aga Khan, my great friend in New York, I would certainly have gone mad, She took me in and did her best to protect me from the bat- talions of reporters who laid siege all night ‘9 our front door. The Canadian journalists, in town to cover a speech by the Canadian prime minister, were

ordered to drop everything and cover me.

The second day I took refuge in Richard Avedon's studio where I spent about six hours watching a ph jh

a i tended . nothing. .was = wrong.

rT an boys like Ronnie and Mick could get me

Bs ‘ abdicate," meaning I couldn't stand it any longer. He sold the recorded conversation around, the world.

It was too late when Paul ‘se he might

session. Richard switched on an intercom ‘linked to his front door, and we overheard the crude jokes of the reporters outside. “Hey, Avedon has a bed there, do you think? ...” ~ Later that day Michael O'Flattery, a freelance jour- nalist ‘selling stories to the Daily Express in London, trap- ped me on the phone at Yas- min's.

He sympathized deeply when in despair I said: “I

When I got ‘to Ottawa I was in. disgrace, total, un: redeemable disgrace. |

, The moment was through « the door of 24 Sussex Pierre _

forced me to listen to a tape he had been sent of the O'Flattery interview. It sounded truly ter- tible. ‘

I protested. I explained what had happened step by step. It was no good, That night we were to go toa performance of Romeo and Julfet at the National Arts Center.

I had a black eye,

I couldn't go on, Pierre's position was now intolerable. The break would have to be made official. ae :

Not long after we drafted a statement which was ‘issued from Pierre's office on May 27,

977:

“Pierre and Margaret Tru- deau announce that, because of Margaret's wishes, they shall begin living separate and apart,

hes all pri-

have been and

that no, he hadn’t exactly seen

me catch a plane to New York

with Mick Jagger and Ronnie ‘ood

By then.I was branded a promiscuous, - irresponsible wife, prepared to go to any lengths to escape her husband:

If it was bad for me, it was worse for Pierre. People in Canada yelled “cuckold” when they saw him pass in the streets. Stony’ faced, he pre-

vileges as the wife of the prime minister and wishes to leave the marriage and pursue an independent career. Pierre will have custody of their three sons, giving Margaret generous access to them. Pierre accepts Margaret's decision with re- gret, and both pray that their separation will lead to a better welationship between them-

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Major Thrust Into the Interior

Three established artists and University. of ‘Victoria

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this summer ‘teaching senior- level UVic courses at the David ‘Thompson University Centre in Nelson. “ * The three courses are the first offered by UVic leading to a general degree in Fine Arts away from the Victoria campus. “This is the first major thrust of UVic's Visual Arts Department into the interior of the province,” explains Pro- fessor George Tiessen, chair- man of that department. . “These courses offered in Nelson carry the same credits as courses taught on the UVie campus. Further. summer courses are planned which will

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@ UVic‘extension program and involve’ an intensive six-week program beginning July 4. ‘Students must have com- pleted two years of art at. the Kootenay School of Art or. another post secondary institu- tion to be eligible to’ enrol, Classes are limited to 15 stu- dents. Registration forms are available through the Division of University Extension at UVic and at the David Thomp- son University Centre.

William Porteous will teach Advanced Drawing, an ex- ploration of drawing as an art form in its own right. Figure drawing will be included in the course which will emphasize the development of a personal statement by students.

‘The Nelson area offers an ‘inexhaustible resource for this course,” Says Porteous. “And there is a long tradition of Fine Arts in that area.”

A teacher at the Victoria College of Art, Porteous has exhibited extensively in the United States and Canada and has had several one-man shows in Victoria. He was one of five

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in. Toronto and at art galleries - in, Victoria. She has exhibited her works at several exhibi- tions including the 12th annual International Biennale of Graphic Art in Yugoslavia in 1977 and at the Canadian Con- sulate in San

Fort Steele Theatre Season Opens June 24

Excitement is mounting in the Wildhorse Theatre at Fort Steele Historic Park as plans are being finalized .for this coming summer's production.

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