Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Duke of Norfolk features in Quote of the Day

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Andy Bull writes about England's whitewash of Sri Lanka in the Guardian:
The last time England did it, in 1963, against New Zealand, they were still managed by one of the spare aristocrats knocking around Lord's, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, the 16th Duke of Norfolk, who memorably told the journalists, "Gentlemen, I wish this to be an entirely informal tour. You will merely address me as 'Sir'."

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