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"I was sent many white feathers after that night. My brother-in-law said I should have fought until the last man".
Sir Rex Hunt shares his account of the Falkland Island invasion twenty years ago.
In this programme, Michael meets Sir Rex Hunt and his family. He was the then Governor of the Falkland Islands and this job was supposed to be a relaxing posting in the twilight of his diplomatic career. Instead, he found himself, after weeks of negotiations by the Thatcher and Galtieri governments had come to nothing, ordering a defence of the islands. After hearing Argentineans were on their way one evening, he sent his wife and son down the road to another house for safekeeping, whilst he and 23 marines tried to defend Government house. It was a night which changed his and his family’s life.
 It was a particularly unhappy time for his wife Mavis - she had been far more used to the gin and tonic set as opposed to rifles. Sir Rex and his wife were flown back to the UK during the conflict to return for two further years afterwards.
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