"It was a fundamental part of her image - emphasising the value of hard work, her background as a grocer's daughter, " says Prof Toye.

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Ultimately, I suspect that he knew his always-responsible daughter would take the challenge seriously. (And I did.) He also respected the value of lessons learned through personal experience and was wise to just how important it was to properly build up credit in early adulthood.

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