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Cherie had an 'incredible instinct' for offending people, says Tony Blair | Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed in his memoirs that wife Cherie had an 'incredible instinct' for offending people, especially the powerful ones. Blair sought to dispel some commonly held
notions about his wife, insisting that she got along just fine with the Queen,
and did not take showers with her controversial "lifestyle guru" Carole Caplin.
Blair, a leading barrister and part-time judge had quite an explosive relationship
with the media during her decade in Downing Street. She was accused of meddling
in politics and criticised for buying two flats in Bristol in 2002 using the help
of Caplin's conman boyfriend, Peter Foster. But Blair praised Cherie, saying that
she had made some good choices. "She chose, rightly in my view, to remain a person
with a career rather than become a political wife," The Scotsman quoted Blair
as saying. "I am not sure in retrospect that it's possible, given the degree of
scrutiny today," he added. Blair also describes how his wife adapted to her new
position in the public spotlight after Labour was swept into power in 1997. "Cherie
decided to remake her image: get fit, look good, carry herself like the well-known
figure she was becoming," he wrote. "In this, Carole Caplin was a great support,
as she was to me when fitness became more of a preoccupation. She did a superb
job for Cherie, made her look and feel good when Cherie was suddenly transported
from one world (professional Bar) to another (tabloid press)." |
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