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62. I phoned my friend Thomas one evening. Thomas, brother of my beloved mate Henners. Thomas,so funny and witty. Thomas, with the infectious laugh. Thomas, living reminder of better days. I was at Clarence House, sitting on the floor of the TV room.
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63. I was given a desk at Wattisham Airfield, which I hated. Id never wanted a desk. I couldnt bearsitting at a desk. My father loved his desk, seemed pinned to it, enamored of it, surrounded by hisbooks and mailbags. That was never me. I was also gi
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64. I was an uncle. Willy and Kate had welcomed their first child, George, and he was beautiful. Icouldnt wait to teach him about rugby and Rorkes Drift, flying and corridor cricketand maybegive him a few pointers about how to survive life in the fis
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65. Angola. I traveled to that war-torn country, an official visit, and went specifically to several placeswhere daily life had been poisoned by land mines, including one town believed to be the mostheavily mined place in all of Africa. August 2013.
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66. In between preparations for the assault on the Pole I sat down with my new private secretary, EdLane Fox, whom we all called Elf. November 2013. A onetime captain in the Household Cavalry, Elf was trim, smart, sleek. He often remindedpeople of Wi
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67. I could build a scale replica of that sitting room. Two big windows, small red sofa, chandeliershining softly on an oil painting of a horse. Id been there for meetings before. But when I walkedin that day, I felt that this would be the setting fo
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68. A few weeks later I flew to the Antarctic, landed at a research station called Novolazarevskaya, atiny village of huts and Portakabins. The few hardy souls living there were fabulous hosts. Theyhoused me, fed metheir soups were amazing. I couldnt
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69. I went directly from the South Pole to Sandringham. Christmas with the family. Hotel Granny was full that year, overrun by family, so I was given a mini room in a narrowback corridor, among the offices of Palace staff. Id never stayed there befor
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70. I moved out of the badger sett, into Nottingham Cottage, a.k.a. Nott Cott. Willy and Kate had beenliving there, but theyd outgrown it. After moving into Princess Margarets old place, just acrossthe way, theyd passed me their keys. It felt good to
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71. March 2014. A concert at Wembley Arena. Walking onstage I suffered the typical panic attack. Imade my way to the center, clenched my fists, spat out the speech. There were fourteen thousandyoung faces before me, gathered for We Day. Maybe Id have
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72. My mate, Guy, was getting married. I wasnt exactly in the mood for a wedding. But it was Guy. All-round good bloke. Longtimemate of Willy and me. I loved him. And owed him. Hed been dragged through the muck by thepress, more than once, in my name
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73. But the universe was just getting warmed up. Soon after I got back to Britain, the main villain inthe phone-hacking scandal, Rehabber Kooks, was acquitted at trial. June 2014. The evidence had been strong, everybody said. Not strong enough, the j
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74. I didnt go out much at all. Maybe a dinner party now and then. Maybe the odd house party. Sometimes Id duck in and out of a club. But it wasnt worth it. When I went out, it was always the same scene. Paps here, paps there,paps everywhere. Groundh
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75. The Tower of London. With Willy and Kate. August 2014. The reason for our visit was an art installation. Across the dry moat were spread tens ofthousands of bright red ceramic poppies. Ultimately, the plan was for 888,246 of these poppies tobe sp
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76. A few weeks later, after more than a year of talking and planning, thinking and worrying, seventhousand fans packed into the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the opening ceremony. TheInvictus Games were born. It had been decided that the Internat
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