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Your support makes all the difference.TOMORROW: The Prince of Wales, 50; King Hussein of Jordan, 63; Sir Lawrie Barratt, chairman, Barratt Developments, plc, 71; Dr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general, United Nations, 76; Mr Quentin Crewe, writer and restaurateur, 72; Mr James Crowden, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, 71; Mr Paul Dacre, editor, Daily Mail, 50; Mr Lord Dawson QC, former Solicitor General for Scotland, 50; Mr Michael Dobbs, novelist, 50; Ms Louise Ellman MP, 53; Mr David Elstein, chief executive, Channel 5, 54; The Right Rev Mgr George Hay, parish priest, 68; M Bernard Hinault, cyclist, 44; Mr Peter Katin, concert pianist, 68; Mr Mark Le Fanu, general secretary, the Society of Authors, 52; Mr Thomas Macan, ambassador to Lithuania, 52; Air Marshal Sir Richard Nelson, 91; Mr Patrick Nicholls MP, 50; Mr Gunther Sachs, former bobsleigh champion, 66; Miss Diana Skilbeck, Headmistress, the Queen's School, Chester, 56; Sir Dudley Smith, former MP, 72; Sir Joseph Smith, former director, Public Health Laboratory Service, 68; Sir Arthur Watts QC, former legal adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 67; The Rev John Witheridge, Headmaster, Charterhouse, 45.
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