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Agony and Ecstasy of Dancer Asked to Consider Abortion

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A former director of the English National Ballet and confidant of Diana, Princess of Wales, has admitted that he asked a pregnant ballerina to consider having an abortion.

Daria Klimentova, 41, who remains principal dancer at the company, says in her new autobiography that when she told Derek Deane about her...

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