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Read more: 148. The middle of the middle148. The middle of the middle
There’s a particular kind of humility that comes from being assigned seat 28E. The middle. The mathematical centre of other people’s discomfort, for thirteen hours, from Los Angeles to Aotearoa. To my right: a woman whose body had simply outgrown the architecture around it (and the bones buried within it). Her flesh pressed warmly against…
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20. I’m sure someone was watching
Read more: 20. I’m sure someone was watchingFelt very secretly royal tonight. We threw ourselves at Paris, as we’re back on the Eurostar to London late tomorrow. We went for a cruise on the Seine (strangely only ten people shared our boat, although the other boats seemed packed), took a spin on a carousel with lots of wooping and giggling (very exclusive,…
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19. Two million people and none of them lost with us
Read more: 19. Two million people and none of them lost with usI like to think it’s a special skill of ours, being able to make finding the toilet in a large public structure such an adventure. We ended up on Level -2, just me and Stu , waiting for the laser beams to set off the alarms and bring on the swat teams. They might have…
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18. Bed for six madame?
Read more: 18. Bed for six madame?So we found ourselves at a hotspot called Derrriere for dinner. It’s fair to say, we were reasonably oblivious that it was a hot spot til well after the event. I think that’s the antenna that secret royalty are born with (sort of like a gaydar but for a different kind of appetite). A quirky…
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17. Suddenly I’m interested in Science
Read more: 17. Suddenly I’m interested in Science
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16. Morning. Hotel du Petit Moulin
Read more: 16. Morning. Hotel du Petit Moulin
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15. It’s not the future any more
Read more: 15. It’s not the future any moreI had heard about the architect Zaha Hadid’s practice before but , until yesterday, I’d never spent an hour in the presence of her genius. While out walking in the languid Paris drizzle yesterday, we saw a massive white capsule in front of the Institut du Monda Arabe and, upon closer inspection, saw that it…
Secret Royalty On Tour 