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Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Simon Sebag Montefiore: Negroni (1 ounce gin, 1 ounce sweet vermouth, 1 ounce Campari with large ice cube and orange rind) Simon talks about his work in a South African gold mine, his long friendship with King Charles who brought Simon together with his wife, the cauldron of the Middle East and its history, the mutual dislike of the Shah and JFK despite their similar behaviors with women, the enormity of the 1979 revolution in Iran that has forever changed geopolitics, his favorite Romanov, and gives his frank opinion of the leadership of Trump and Netanyahu.