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‘I'd like to offer you a holiday’: Richard E Grant's childhood letter to Barbra Streisand

Singer responds after actor and superfan shared letter and posed outside her house

Richard E Grant has shared a letter he wrote to Barbra Streisand when he was 14 years old, in which he invited her to stay with him and his family in Swaziland for two weeks, and promising “not many people will know who you are, so no chance of being mobbed”.

The actor shared the letter on Twitter this morning, after taking a photograph outside her home. (“Asked Security for permission, and he replied, ‘It’s a public road, but thanks for asking’,” he Tweeted. “My wife is very understanding!”)

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2HNWSX0

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