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SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

THIS time last year there were already whispers of something not being quite right. The new hairstyle she sported – a severe half-shaven pixie cut, a dramatic change from the demure bobs she’d had for years –sparked plenty of speculation.

It was an act of rebellion against her husband and the institution she’d married into, some said – a sign of unhappiness, that she felt trapped in a gilded cage and wanted to express herself.

Yet she laughed off the fuss as she marked her 43rd birthday with her family

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