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I t’s one of my fave photos.

Two baby girls, cuddled into the paws of a giant, fluffy toy panda.

It was taken in December 1972, when my twin Vicky and I were just a couple of months old and dressed in matching frilly white dresses.

We were identical in every way. Except one.

In that pic, I was missing my lower right arm and leg.

Our mum Caroline, then 21, hadn’t known there was a problem until I was born.

‘Your sister took up too much room,’ Mum told me when I was old enough to

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