The Camerons’ newfound ostentation

Free from Downing Street, the Camerons have cast off their pretensions of frugality.

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The Camerons may have left Downing Street last year with their tails very firmly between their legs, but this evidently hasn't reduced their taste for fancy living. A few weeks ago David's £25,000 "shepherd's hut" made the headlines, and now it's the turn of his wife.

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