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"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Obligation, First, Job

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"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

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