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The father of three and husband of 22 years’ time denies having any secrets.

Aunt Petunia’s secret ingredient, in addition to the potatoes, oil, salt and onions, is love.

Britt, now 64, guarded her identity and her story for nearly five decades, publicly revealing herself as the author’s “single secret muse” in a Vanity Fair profile published this week.

That could have been the end of the story—but meanwhile, on the other side of the world, someone else was also looking for the secrets of longevity.

For decades, successive governments have denied there was a secret monitoring programme - but the veterans say recently declassified files support their memories of medical staff taking blood and urine samples.