Portillo's State Secrets

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Discover the historic documents featured in the BBC Two series Portillo's State Secrets:

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Image: Telegram to Gwilym Lloyd-George, Home Secretary, from Frank Owen MP sent the day before the execution of Ruth Ellis, asking to show mercy and stop the hanging. Catalogue reference: HO 291/238