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Radio 4,23 Sep 2022,14 mins

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Journalist and Historian Simon Heffer joins the list of eight leading British writers and thinkers reflecting on their experience of, and relation to, the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Simon explores the possible factors behind the Queen's capacity for unperturbability and conscientiousness and recalls his growing appreciation of her role and the surprising impact her death had on him. Producer: Tom Alban

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