Training | 2009.11.08
Matthew Bell: The IoS Diary
Once tutor to Princes William and Harry, Rory Stewart, in his latest incarnation as Conservative prospective candidate for Penrith, has found himself the unlikely subject of intrigue. Craig Murray, renegade former ambassador to Uzbekistan, claims in his blog that Stewart worked as an MI6 officer in Afghanistan. While it\'s true Stewart was educated at Eton, received training from the British armed forces, and has yet to marry, the comparisons with James Bond appear to end there. "I\'ve never met Craig Murray and I have no idea why he is saying this," he tells me when I call, "It\'s not just false but extremely dangerous. I\'ve been doing charity work in countries where people are already at risk and his claims will only endanger them further." Stewart\'s father is even more succinct: "It\'s bollocks."
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