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Virginia, Countess of Airlie, who has died aged 91, was a long-serving Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II and, unusually, an American; the Queen made sure she was on duty when presidents were in town, such as George W Bush in November 2003, Barack Obama in 2011 and Donald Trump in 2018. She became a member of the …
