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First published 2012
Copyright © Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson, 2012
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Extracts from A Brittle Glory, Paul Wright, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, London), © Paul Wright, 1986. Extract from Diplomatic Channels, Humphrey Trevelyan, Macmillan, © Humphrey Trevelyan, 1973. ‘Public Washing of Private Grief’, The Times, 6 December 1991, reproduced by kind permission of The Times newspaper
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