Mr Gove is married to The Times journalist, Sarah Vine, who will doubtless be receiving a rather large bunch of daffodils this Thursday, St David's Day.

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The "Welsh girl" in question is better known as The Times writer, Sarah Vine - but back to the Scottish boy, as she may be tempted to refer to him.

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In The Times, Sarah Vine says "newspapers are - and always have been - hotbeds of dodgy sexual behaviour" while Grace Dent in The Independent says she has "been acquainted with a few truly spectacular human octopuses" over the years, but admits she has never made a formal complaint.

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