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Clinton’s ‘old habit’, ‘arrogant’ Sarkozy & ‘real star’ Diana: Sonia’s candid accounts of world leaders

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi recalls in her memoir how then-US president Bill Clinton, during his 2000 India visit, would occasionally be seen "surreptitiously sizing up the more…

Clinton's 'old habit', 'arrogant' Sarkozy & 'real star' Diana: Sonia's candid accounts of world leaders
Clinton's 'old habit', 'arrogant' Sarkozy & 'real star' Diana: Sonia's candid accounts of world leaders — image via Times of India India — Credit: Storywire

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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi recalls in her memoir how then-US president Bill Clinton, during his 2000 India visit, would occasionally be seen "surreptitiously sizing up the more striking women" at a reception hosted in his honour. The Monica Lewinsky scandal may have faded from the headlines by then, but, as Sonia writes, "old habits die hard".

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