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Commonwealth summits always offered rich pickings, like this gem on Grenada’s late prime minister Eric Gairy: ‘A successful politician. possessed of considerable charm… overbearing, autocratic, grasping and importunate. Possesses a Swiss bank account. Unbalanced at times to the point of apparent derangement. A ladies’ man with a particular liking for blondes.’
As for ‘Topics to be Avoided’, these could greatly vary in length depending on the country. Ahead of the Queen’s 1974 encounter…
