Sir Mark Thatcher rallies round for Christmas

Dec. 5, 2008
Although Carol Thatcher once pointedly observed that she doesn't "do" Christmas her mother Baroness Thatcher will happily not be alone on Christmas Day. Mandrake hears that Sir Mark Thatcher the son of the former Conservative prime minister will be joining her at her home in Belgravia...
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