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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Nigel Farndale’s books include the novels The Blasphemer and The Road Between Us and a collection of interviews, Flirtation, Seduction, Betrayal.
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