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Is there anything you can’t leave home without?

My mobile phone and my eyebrow pencil.

Do you travel light?

No, I don’t. I always pack for every last contingency.

What’s your favourite destination?

The cruises to the Arctic, because you’ve got completely unspoiled scenery, and when you’re standing alone on deck at 3am, it’s still light.

What are your earliest childhood holiday memories?

After we came back from being posted in Singapore [her father was a Ministry

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