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‘When will Carl Hester be knighted?’

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THE Tokyo Olympics was oceans away, yet in a way we were all there, glued to our TVs, computers and phones.

I’m kicking myself for turning down a trip to the Paralympics, but Covid, and the possibility of 10 days’ quarantine, was a risk too far for me and Talland.

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