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Mar. 27, 1965 - The Filibuster's wife who sat up all night at the house of Commons Marathon session: Diane Lever, the wife who missed her beauty sleep, was sitting at home yesterday laughing about her marathon sitting during the House of Commons filibuster - all 22 hours, 32 minutes of it. Mrs Lever, 27 year old wife of Labour M.P. Harold Lever and a millionairess twice-over, sat all night in the public gallery in the House of Commons, watching the longest Parliamentary session since 1952. I did it for fun she said at her home in Belgravia I was the only M.P.'s wife there, and it was well worth missing my beauty sleep'. Mrs. Lever, an Iraqi, explained Like an old Oriental wife, I go where my husband goes'. Photo shows Fresh as a daisy Diane Lever the M.P.'s wife who sat up all night at the House of Commons during the marathon session of 22 1/2 hours

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Belgravia Daisy Explained Filibuster Iraqi Lever Longest M.p.s Marathon Millionairess Minutes Missed Parliamentary Worth

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