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Article: Douglas Hogg, gone but not quite forgotten
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 26, 1997
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In the past week or so at least three public figures have been
shown to be doing wrong with their pets and children.
Jonathan Aitken was prepared to put his daughter on the witness
stand to lie for him in court.
The Princess of Wales took her son to see a film he was not old
enough to see.
The former US ambassador to Britain confessed on air that he had
lied about his dog's age.
Now, you can see at a glance that these three indiscretions do
not all have the same grade of horror. Aitken's misuse of his
daughter is pretty smelly. Diana's buying a ticket for her son to
see a Cert 15 film is pretty mild. Raymond Seitz's revelation on
Radio 4 that he had said his dog was 10 years old when he ...