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The unwritten rules of visitors books

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

Two things come to mind when I think about visitors books. The first is the memory of leaving the home of a low-profile and secretive single man whose company is widely craved. I had been revelling in a sense of self-importance as I had good reason to suspect that the previous occupant of my guest bed had been none other than the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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