David Waddington Memoirs (38 page)
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Authors: David Waddington
Bermuda’s Government House in all its glory, looking rather intimidating on our arrival.
With HM The Queen on her visit to St George’s, Bermuda in 1994.
Gilly and I in the carriage going to the Opening of Parliament, Bermuda 1996.
First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
Biteback Publishing Ltd
Westminster Tower
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ISBN 978–1–84954-457–3
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