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    What it all boils down to

    Apr 14, 2021 3 minutes
    Tom Parker Bowles

    AS ashamed as I am to admit it, the entire island of Jersey—birthplace of Lillie Langtry, home-in-exile of Charles II and Victor Hugo, festival haven and home to more than 100,000 residents—can be summed up in three words: cows and potatoes. Yes, I know, I know; I’m an ill-informed idiot with fodder for brains and nothing but lunch on his mind. However, I really don’t mean to be rude, but rather to offer the highest compliment. For this Channel isle has not only given us a magnificent,

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