After spending years in African prisons, Old Etonian and ex-SAS mercenary Simon Mann has something to get off his chest: 'I launched the Wonga Coup after Mrs Thatcher told me to just get on with it'

It was Lady Thatcher's terse poolside message, Mann says, that cemented his belief that his mission had high-level approval. Had she advised him against it, he might have aborted the venture.

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