Pursued by panting newsfolk of normal size who could barely keep up with his towering strides, the fifth son of the 26th Earl of Crawford loped around to a side door of the British Foreign Office last week.
While cameramen chorused, "Just one more, Sir Ronald!" he posed for an instant, cheerfully waggling his umbrella. "You all know why I am here," he said, then popped inside for a 45-minute conference with his diplomatic chief, Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon. When the two emerged together tall Sir John, who was hatless, seemed dwarfed by taller Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador to the U....
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