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Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anthony Sampson

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Anthony Sampson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: August 3
Died: 2004
Died: December 18
Journalist
Writer
Billingham
North Yorkshire
Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson
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