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21
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5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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He has trailed the Royal Family for half a century, across 120 countries, seven royal weddings – and has even landed himself in the King's bad books.
And now, photographer Arthur Edwards is recounting 50 years of royal history in his new memoir, Cup of Tea, Arthur?
The longest-serving royal photographer on Fleet Street, Edwards once invoked the wrath of the then-Prince Charles by snapping his bald patch in 1977, the pair had a dispute in 1980 at Highgrove about whether he was on a footpath or the royals' private land.
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he → trail → footpath
As King Charles galloped away, Edwards ended the argument by shouting, ‘At least I’ve got a job!’
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I → gallop → job
And Edwards, 86, admits that in the early days of his career he had a direct approach.
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he → admit → approach
Since taking his first photograph of King Charles feeding his polo pony a Polo mint in 1976, he has built relationships with the family and witnessed firsthand the drama of their lives.
Arthur Edwards catching up with the King on a visit to Tattershall Castle in 2018
He was the first to photograph Lady Diana Spencer and revealed that she was the girl the Prince of Wales would marry.
After the engagement was announced and Edwards sent his congratulations, King Charles joked back: 'I trust you won’t be made redundant.
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you → take → congratulations
He also had a cheeky run-in with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor while collecting his MBE in for outstanding service to newspapers in 2003.
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He → have → 2003
When asked what the initials award stood for, Edwards fired back: ‘Much Bigger Expenses!’
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Edwards → ask → Expenses
However, he said that he's realised the secret to his longevity in the business is having good manners.
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secret → say → manners
Edwards told ABC: 'I started off thinking I didn’t care what happened, it was all about getting the shot.
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it → tell → shot
I wouldn’t dream of doing that now, I respect him [the King] too much.'
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I → dream → him
In his memoir, he shares more than 100 of his favourite photos of the Royal Family and his stories of capturing them, after his mother saved money from her job as a cleaner to buy him his first camera.
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mother → share → camera
He told The Telegraph: 'I've had some storming rows with the King, where he's screaming at me'.
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he → tell → me
But nowadays, Edwards and the King have a much fonder relationship, with the King even honouring him in as 'a very good photographer, a jolly good bloke and a very special person', in a speech at his 70th birthday celebration at Spencer House.
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King → have → House
Edwards praised King Charles for fulfilling his role in the Royal Family.
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Edwards → praise → Family
He said: 'I think he does embrace the job better than anybody, any of the others.
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he → say → others
He’s tireless.
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He → ’ → ?
He’s like the Duracell bunny: he just never stops.
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he → ’ → bunny
A case in point is the 77-year-old King's schedule for the week ahead, when he and Queen Camilla, 79, fly to the Bahamas to begin their tour of the Caribbean.
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he → fly → Caribbean
The visit precedes the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda, and is designed to celebrate communities and cultures in the Commonwealth.
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visit → precede → Commonwealth
His Majesty has recently come under scrutiny after Earl Spencer released a searing memoir accusing him of hurtful behaviour after his sister Diana's death, including making the comment: 'We will forget her soon enough.'
Announcing the divisive book last month, Earl Spencer said that he wanted to write down his own thoughts and memories ahead of the 30th anniversary of her death next year, 'rather than having the discomfort of again reading the opinions of others'.
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he → come → others
This prompted Buckingham Palace to issue an unprecedented statement, with royal aides questioning the veracity of his account and suggesting that grief can 'cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory'.
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grief → prompt → memory
When Laura Kuenssberg suggested the Palace's statement showed the King was 'plainly furious', Earl Spencer replied: 'Is he furious or is he embarrassed?'
has backed the King in an interview with BBC Newsnight, saying: 'I have a side and it's always on the side of His Majesty.'
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it → suggest → Majesty
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