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Don't hug me! (Even though sometimes it's rather nice)

I blame the Prime Minister for the rise of the manly embrace

19 October 2013

9:00 AM

19 October 2013

9:00 AM

When, in 1957, Harold Macmillan accepted the Queen’s invitation to become prime minister, following the resignation of Sir Anthony Eden, he returned from the Palace, marched up Downing Street to where Eden was waiting for him, and gave his old rival a man-hug, right there in front of the Pathé news cameras.

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