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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who said 'Everybody likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel'?

This was two-time prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81). It courted him favour with Queen Victoria, who he drew out of her long mourning period following her husband Albert's death.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Was J. M. Barrie inspired to write Peter Pan after meeting a sick child?

In part. Margaret Henley was the daughter of J. M. Barrie's friend, the poet William Ernest Henley, and his wife Anna. Barrie always had an affinity for children, and Margaret called him her 'fwendy'.

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