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WebObwohl im Mirror keine Namen genannt wurden – was die deutsche Zeitschrift Der Stern allerdings eine Woche später nachholte –, bedrohten die Kray-Zwillinge die beteiligten Journalisten, und Boothby selbst drohte mit Klage. WebOct 14, 2011 · Veteran journalist Claud Cockburn produced a string of exposes about politicians' private lives and espionage. In issue 43 he revealed, among other things, that the prime minister's wife, Lady... Web(As it happens, Macmillan himself was personally hurt by a scandal of his own – his wife Dorothy’s long-term affair with the rascal Bob Boothby, a Tory MP and supposed friend of Macmillan. He ... man urinates in rice krispies