{"id":97871,"date":"2023-09-16T07:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T07:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=97871"},"modified":"2023-09-16T07:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T07:39:48","slug":"david-cameron-overcome-with-emotion-at-memorial-for-his-late-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/david-cameron-overcome-with-emotion-at-memorial-for-his-late-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"David Cameron overcome with emotion at memorial for his late brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;He was my hero&#8217;: David Cameron overcome with emotion at memorial for his late brother Alexander, who died of cancer aged 59 this year<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alexander was a distinguished barrister who made Queen&#8217;s Counsel aged 39\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Cameron\u00a0was overcome with emotion at the memorial service for his elder brother, Alexander, who died of cancer\u00a0earlier this year at the age of 59.\u00a0&#8216;He was my hero,&#8217; the former prime minister, 56, tells me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alexander was a distinguished barrister, who made Queen&#8217;s Counsel at the young age of 39.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he could have swapped his silk gown for a matador&#8217;s cape, his friend Christopher Wilmot-Sitwell told the congregation at St Luke&#8217;s Church in Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Al confided he was thinking about giving it all up to pursue a career in bullfighting,&#8217; he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In his twenties, Alex developed an unlikely love of bullfighting. 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