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The question of who has the ear of the Crown has long fascinated journalists, historians and political scientists. Personalities such as Cardinal Wolsley at the time of Henry VIII, Grigory Rasputin in the court of Tsar Nicholas II, Woodrow Wilson’s ‘dear, dear friend’, Edmund House, and Harold Wilson’s political secretary, Marcia Williams, are perhaps some of the more intriguing examples of advisers said to have had unusual sway.
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Bakvis, H. (1997). Advising the Executive: Think Tanks, Consultants, Political Staff and Kitchen Cabinets. In: Weller, P., Bakvis, H., Rhodes, R.A.W. (eds) The Hollow Crown. Transforming Government. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25870-3_5
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