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David Cameron’s Relationship with History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Secrets of Statecraft

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What Are Your Abiding Memories of the Queen's Funeral?

You say in your autobiography that it could have happened any time in the last 10 centuries. That's obviously even more true of the funeral, isn't it? And of course, I saw from the TV that you were of course present at the accession council - which has never been televised before. What do you think your abiding memories of the funeral will be and how do they fit into this idea of things not changing over 10 centuries? "It was sort of odd having had this great seat in Westminster Abbey, but then, you know, it was at home watching it and the lone Piper and everything"

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