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Londoner’s Diary: Super-cali-Broadway rescue for Dame Maggie Smith

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Welcome to the last Londoner’s Diary live blog of the week. First up Dame Maggie Smith reveals how she was once rescued by Julie Andrews after being found crying in a lift. Later today event planner Yasmin Mills tells us she has a solution for heavy littering in parks and Stan Smith explains how his shoes have taken on royal status. In our SW1A today Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley talks topless selfies and Sir Alan Duncan takes aim at greenhorn ministers.

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