So how was it for you?

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THAT was pretty special, wasn't it? And what a great way to finish the birthday blog!

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Birthday Letters Extra! Part Seven: St Andrew's/Hampton Court/Henry Kissinger/Mickey Rooney

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I HEREBY enclose the seventh and final batch of previously unpublished birthday letters – hope you enjoy them.
And I hope you all enjoy Liverpool’s big day on Tuesday.

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part Six): Vladimir Putin/Jacqueline Gold/Jonathan Ross/The Priory

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Vladimir Putin
The President of Russia

Comrade,

Greetings from Liverpool – land of the free (and the Superlambanana, Billy and Wally’s Hold Your Plums – do you have any tapes? I could send some – and, of course, The Shell Suit. Are they all the rage in your home city of St Petersburg, yet? It’s only a matter of time).

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part Five): the Ruler of Dubai/Sir Alan Sugar/Sir Philip Green/Lakshmi Mittal

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai
Owner of the Dubai International Capital (DIC) Investment Group

Your Highness,

Sincere greetings from Liverpool – please, don’t set fire to this letter or chuck it in the bin, because I have nothing to do with Liverpool Football Club.

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part Four): George W. Bush/George Bush Snr/The Sultan of Brunei/A.A. Gill

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GEORGE W. BUSH

Dear George Walker Bush,

Walker!?! No wonder you stick to “W”.
Listen up, George, it’s Liverpool’s 800th birthday this August and we would just love it if you, the most important man in the world (I know! I bet you’re still pinching yourself), sent us a special birthday message.

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part Three): Jade Goody/Simon Cowell/Samuel L. Jackson/Michael Jackson

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JADE GOODY

Dear Jade,

As you are apparently the 15th most influential person in the world (or you apparently were), we just had to write to ask you if you would be kind enough to wish the proud city of Liverpool a happy birthday.

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part Two): Britney/Madonna/The Pope/Bob Dylan

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BRITNEY SPEARS

Dear Britney,

Greetings from Liverpool – a city which appreciates and celebrates the different, the quirky and the individual.
Many of your fellow Yanks - and a fair few Brits who don’t possess that special Liverpool spirit – got their knickers in a right twist over you shaving your head a while back, but we knew where you were coming from.

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Birthday Letters Extra! (Part One): Fidel Castro/Bernard Ingham/President of Iran/Dalai Lama

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President Fidel Castro

Vive el Presidente!

Greetings, comrade Fidel, world icon and top man in the Republic of Cuba . . . from the Republic of Liverpool.

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Happy Birthday To Us - Let's Carry On Regardless

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WHAT will they try and cancel next . . . Christmas?

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