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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Bourne

Letter: Lord Phillips of Sudbury obituary

Andrew Phillips in 1998.
Andrew Phillips in 1998. Photograph: Photoshot/Avalon

In his hugely energetic career Andrew Phillips, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, made contributions in many fields. As a friend of his since schooldays I should like to mention his initiative to demystify the British constitution for teenagers.

I worked with him and colleagues at the then Citizenship Foundation (now Young Citizens) on Inside Britain – A Guide to the UK Constitution (2006), which has since gone into several editions and inspired a director of the Commonwealth Foundation to sponsor a guide to an even more ethereal institution, the Commonwealth. Andrew also served as a trustee of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, for a decade from 1994.

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