Former PM Harold Wilson sold private papers to help fund his care
by Jamie Grierson from World news | The Guardian on (#6PDKY)
Ex-Labour leader initially planned to sell personal and political documents to Canadian university for 212,500
The former UK prime minister Harold Wilson agreed to sell his archive of private papers to help fund his care, official documents have revealed.
Papers released by the National Archives and identified by the BBC show Lord Wilson initially planned to sell the collection to McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, for 212,500 - the equivalent of about 700,000 in today's money.
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