A Life Well Lived
Denis: A Sound Judge Of Men Who Chose A Great Woman
“Which explains why, when she was Secretary for Education, Margaret was seen one evening by the Permanent Secretary leaving the office early. She was going out, she explained, to buy bacon for Denis’s breakfast. There were, the Permanent Secretary assured her, plenty of people in the department who would be glad to do that for her. No, the bacon had to be just as he liked it, and only she knew what he liked.
That helps us to understand why this was a successful marriage, proof against the fierce light that shines perpetually on the occupants of 10 Downing Street, protective against the disappointments of life at the top, assured of breakfasts at which Denis could eat his bacon without complaint. This was a partnership to remind the world what matchless gifts marriage can bring.”