Politics

The Hong Kong Handover in Pictures

Tribute to The Last Governor

Chris Patten's speech, delivered in the rain, was warmly received. He returned to his seat next to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and bowed his head in his hands for a moment. Were those raindrops - or yet more tears in his emotional leave-taking?



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