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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Politically correct quotas undermined Donald Trump's security before his shooting, claims The Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: He was fluent in French and German by the time he was 15, and flew a jet fighter when still only 18, before becoming Reuters correspondent in Paris.

But in the aftermath of Donald Trump's miraculous escape from death, The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth tells me that he despairs of security agencies the world over — in particular, their failure to learn, or remember, a fundamental truth. Some cheering news at last for hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey, who took a £37 million hit after the firm he founded was wound down following sexual misconduct allegations, which he denies, against him. A Channel Five documentary, Highgrove House: A Royal Residence, featured footage of several busts of His Majesty at different stages of his life which are in the gardens of his Gloucestershire home.

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