McAleese was well drilled for the meeting, because when she greeted the Queen she managed to suppress her natural impulse to pat her on the hand.
As many people know, an extramarital affair and Marr's mistaken belief that he had fathered another child, an episode he tried to suppress with super-injunctions, had placed his marriage under strain.
"These enzymes are really powerful virus inhibitors and it may be possible to suppress infection completely by unleashing them to a greater extent," he says.
I had to suppress my five-year-old tears and resign myself to old-fashioned hand power.
I am told not to suppress them, but not to chase after them either.
But it's hard to suppress a quickening of the pulse, particularly if, like me, you've lost close relatives to the disease.
Celebrities are warned of the "Streisand effect" of trying to suppress unflattering information about them, and creating more publicity in the process.
He was also quoted as saying: "No one is allowed to suppress or infringe the rights of any minority groups.
He did not apply to suppress his name and was bailed until 27 November.
Small compensation for the election result, of course, but it is nice to be reminded that neither the Tories, nor the BBC's timorousness, are yet to suppress all pockets of bilious, bloody-minded resistance.
The radio station which aired the prank in December 2012 has used every legal avenue available to suppress the investigation but the high court ruled the report could finally be released.
