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Man of mystery and friend of the Cambridge spies

Details of Baron Talbot of Malahide’s attempts to clean up the mess left by his one-time mentor Guy Burgess are still conveniently exempted from the Freedom of Information Act

Malahide Castle, outside Dublin, the seat of the 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide in the Irish peerage. [Alamy]
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