Paul Davidson
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Tonight Piglet got the story of Rebekah, her Filipino Scuba diving bath mirror.
She left the Philippines in ’83 because she didn’t fit with the Marcos regime and chose the UK for our female Prime Minister and cold seas.
Found Thatcher cold too. But stayed for Leah. They joked about being patriarchs’ wives and Rebekah would tease Leah for being a nurse “married” to a Filipino.
They were among the first to have a Civil Service in 2004. When the law changed to allow marriage they had no ceremony because, in their eyes, they’d already been married for a decade.
5 July 2020