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RICHER THAN THE QUEEN

THE wife of Britain’s wannabe prime minister steps out of her home carrying a tray of tea and biscuits to a crowd of reporters camped outside.

We’re approachable, Akshata Murthy’s message seems to be. We’re one of the people.

But although the gesture went down well it didn’t take long for the tea tray to be scrutinised.

Those mugs cost £38 (R767) each – and the house they come from is a £7-million (R142m) home in London’s swanky Kensington.

Not quite “one of the people” – but then Akshata and her husband, Rishi Sunak, are one of England’s richest couples and she has a personal fortune that

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