Mandy Rice-Davies and Lady Thatcher Secret Pals

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Maggie, Mandy and a most improbable friendship: Thought Profumo temptress Mandy Rice-Davies had no secrets left? Here's the most startling yet!

Following her death from cancer last week at the age of 70, it has emerged that Mandy Rice-Davies (right) and Lady Thatcher (left) would eventually become so well-acquainted as to spend time on holiday together in the Nineties. Though she never spoke publicly about their relationship, and succeeded in keeping it from being reported by the Press during Thatcher's lifetime, it appears that Rice-Davies counted photographs of those trips among her most valued possessions.