The case of the missing Master

April 29, 2011 by Norman Lebrecht

04/29/11 6:08 PM | filed under: main |

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Peter says:

May 1, 2011 at 5:40 am

since PMD had said he didn’t want to acknowledge Remembrance Day (or wear a poppy) because this would ‘legitimise’ the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts, it’s not surprising he wasn’t asked (after all the groom is in the military)

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