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General de Gaulle’s advice to the young Queen Elizabeth

14 September 2019

9:00 AM

14 September 2019

9:00 AM

There were so many ear-catching moments in Peter Hennessy’s series for Radio 4, Winds of Change, adapted from his new book by Libby Spurrier and produced by Simon Elmes. Harold Wilson answering a journalist’s question after a sleepless night while awaiting the results of the 1964 election, quizzical, cheeky and so quick off the mark.

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