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45. George and I flew from Lesotho to Cape Town, to meet up with some mates, and Marko. March 2004. We were staying at the home of the consulate gener...
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46. We spent three days walking, laughing, drinking, mingling with the animals. Not just wildanimals. By chance we met up with a snake wrangler, who s...
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47. Chels and I learned an important lesson. Africa was Africabut Britain was always Britain. Soon after we arrived back at Heathrow we were papped. N...
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48. There must have been something in the air. Just as I was embarking on my new romance, Paannounced that hed decided to marry. Hed asked Grannys per...
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49. Around this time, just before the wedding, or perhaps just after, I went off with Willy to train withthe British Special Boat Service. It wasnt of...
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50. One of Willys friends was having a birthday party. In the countryside near Gloucestershire. Morethan a birthday party, it was a fancy-dress party,...
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51. Bearded, bespectacled, with a deeply lined face and dark, wise eyes, he was Chief Rabbi ofBritain, that much Id been told. But right away I could ...
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52. He was to be our new private secretary: Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton was his name. But I dontremember Willy and me referring to him as anything other t...
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53. I carried a small overnight bag containing a few personal items, plus one standard-size ironingboard, slung jauntily under my arm like a surfboard...
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54. Every day, upon waking at five a.m., we were forced to down a huge bottle of water. The bottlewas Army-issued, black plastic, a leftover from the ...