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15. My mother legendarily said there were three people in her marriage. But her maths was off. She left Willy and me out of the equation. We didnt und...
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2.1-16
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16. In the early autumn of 1998, having completed my education at Ludgrove the previous spring, Ientered Eton. A profound shock. The finest school in ...
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17. Many of the sixty boys in Manor House were as welcoming as Willy. Their indifference, however,didnt unsettle me as much as their ease. Even the on...
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18. The game required a bat, a tennis ball, and a total disregard for ones physical safety. There werefour players: a bowler, a batsman, and two field...
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19. I didnt think it could get worse. What a grievous mistake it is for a member of the Royal Family,when considering the media, to imagine that thing...
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20. I forget who used the word first. Someone in the press, probably. Or one of my teachers. Whoeverit took hold and circulated. Id been cast in my ro...
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21. Mustve been early spring, 1999. I mustve been home from Eton for the weekend. I woke to find Pa on the edge of my bed, saying I was going back to ...
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22. Marko, the largest member of the group, also laughed the loudest. There was some ratio betweenthe size of his body and the radius of his bellows. ...
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9.1-23
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23. Like me, Marko had a sweet tooth. Like me, he particularly loved puddings. (He always calledthem puds.) So I got the idea of spiking his pudding w...
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24. As a royal you were always taught to maintain a buffer zone between you and the rest of Creation. Even working a crowd you always kept a discreet ...