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Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne.
He came into this world as 'the elephant'. Was everyone prepared?
With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna Monro as Anne.
Abridged by Penny Leicester.
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