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IN LOVE
By Bethany (click here to read the story from Adam’s P.O.V.)

Spring of 2012 I met the most amazing person of my life. 
I immediately was so intrigued by him.
Adam and I first met at the beach, kind of set up by friends.
Not how I would have planned to meet – on somewhat of a “blind date” (haha) – but nooo complaints.

The first thing we did was jump off a cliff together! And you could say it was love at first cliff jump. We started hanging out often. Just as friends – hiking, beach, tennis, hanging with friends – getting to know each other! The more time we spent together the more I liked Adam. He is genuine, kind, fun, adventurous, easy going, friendly to all, passionate for Christ and just a great guy over all! …and he liked me too!

Learning to love in a new way.
I’ve always loved my parents and my family immensely and found loving friends easy.
I have had a deep love for God since I was really young girl. Christ is the greatest definition of love and it’s been amazing to learn from the greatest! But to open up your heart to a complete stranger and learning to love a new person; it’s different; it’s beautiful. I believe it’s what God has created for us; but it can be intimidating. God knew my heart, my thoughts, concerns and desires; and He has heard my prayers. Ever since I was a young girl I wondered what my special person would be like; so I would pray for the right guy, and do my best to trust that God would give me what I desired one day. I never had the desire to meet a ton of guys, or to “experience” different people. I just wanted to be patient for that right one – the one God had in store for me – to share life with that special someone in a deep and beautiful friendship.

To be loved by another is beautiful. It took a bit of time for me to accept that. I’m not sure why. But I questioned: “Why would this man love me as much as he does?” “How can he accept me, flaws and all?” Not to mention, “Will he accept my unique life and come along side of me in support?” “How can he love me and all that my life is made of?” “Will he love me life-long?” But I know Adam’s love for me is unique – it comes from Christ, and that he will love me forever.

Learning to love. I guess it comes back to my first love besides my family – the unconditional love of Christ. Having that makes it easier to love all. And eventually when you meet that special one you get to take that love of Christ and smother that special one in the love that you know. My love for Adam… I really don’t think I could explain it out to you, it’s strong and it’s unique.

On April 9, 2012, Adam proposed to me and I said, “yes!” I know Adam and I are right for each other and that God has us together for Him. Neither of us is perfect, but in my eyes Adam is just right and I’m thankful to have someone so perfectly perfect to share life with as one.

Marriage – a life commitment to be brought together as one. So beautiful! Adam and I have been taking steps to prepare for a healthy beautiful marriage. It’s been fun! We are doing Bible-based pre-marital guidance with an older and wiser couple. We are going through some books. Often praying together and separately. And in all this, falling more in love and enjoying every bit of our engagement time! We take marriage seriously. Right now things are lovey-dovey and it’s fun and beautiful, but we want our love to remain through thick and thin. When we have hard times, we can rely on Christ and grow closer and stronger in our love and relationship. We know we can only prepare so much, but look forward to learning and growing together as we share life – to love beyond just a feeling. We will choose to love during thick and thin. (1 Corinthians 13)

I’m really glad too that my family loves Adam and approves. They see what a great guy he is. I feel spoiled (;
His family is awesome too. Our families have very different lives, so it’s cool to find beauty in our differences.
I’m really excited to keep getting to know Adam, to adventure with him and to smother him with love and respect!

I hope to grow more and more in love each day for you, Adam my love, and above all in my love for Christ!
I’m so thankful for you and look forward to living life together!
Adam, I love you and I’m here to stay!
~Bethany

Matthew 19:6 (ESV)
“So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”

1 John 4:7
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

Ephesians 5:33
“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”

1 Peter 3:3-4 (ESV)
“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”

Genesis 2: 18 
“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’”

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The Mystery of Anastasia

For close to 100 years the fate of Czar Nicholas II and his family have fascinated the world. Their deaths at the hands of Bolshevik soldiers, is the stuff of legend. For decades no one knew exactly what had happened to them. It was assumed that they had all been murdered but since no one could find their bodies, speculation grew about had happened to them.

For almost 25 years Nicholas II was the Emperor of all Russia, but it was not a role he was prepared for or suited for. His father, Alexander III, died suddenly in 1894 having never exposed Nicholas to affairs of state. While, very educated, the subtleties of politics escaped him.

But where he failed as a leader, he made up for as a family man. He was very happily married to Alexandra and they had five children -- Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei, heir to the throne. The only dark spot on the family was Alexei's hemophilia.

During Nicholas' reign, a general unrest was beginning among his subjects. This, along with Russia's involvement in World War I would lead to his downfall. In 1905 Nicholas was forced to allow a parliament and a constitution to be created, which he did not want. This settled things for awhile, but it was not to last. By 1917 Nicholas abdicated his throne. A civil war ensued.

The family hoped to make their way to England, but this did not happen. Even though both Nicholas and his wife were related to the House of Windsor, England was reluctant to take sides and lose the alliance they had developed with post-war Russia. They became prisoners of the Bolshevik army.

For seventy eight days Nicholas and his family were held in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. They seemed to have settled into a rather ordinary life while there. Whether they truly believed that they would eventually make there way to some kind of freedom is hard to say.

But with a civil war raging within Russia their chances of survival were not good. The White Army, who opposed the Bolsheviks, were on their way to Ekaterinburg. The Bolsheviks knew this and once word came from Vladimir Lenin, the plan to execute the family was put into place. In the early hours of July 17, 1918 the entire family was gunned downed and buried in a coal mine. The remains of all seven family members would not be found for many years to come.

Grand Duchess Anastasia

With no definitive proof that the family had been murdered, even though it's what everyone suspected, rumors began of possible escape. That is when the stories began and when the impostors started presenting themselves. The most famous of these was Anna Anderson.

Anderson showed up in a Berlin hospital in 1920. While initially she would not speak to anyone, she eventually started talking. She was transferred to a mental asylum where she asked a nurse if she noticed a resemblance between her, Anderson, and the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas. The nurse agreed and then the word began to spread of this young woman who might be Anastasia.

A steady stream of Russian emigres began to question her. Some strongly believed she was Anastasia and some were just as strongly opposed to the idea. For the next sixty years, until her death in 1984, Anderson claimed to be the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas.

Ten years after Anderson's death, DNA tests proved that she was not related to the Romanov family. In fact, it proved she was related to a missing Polish factory worker.

The story of Anna Anderson, along with the many other impostors has been a source of interest to writers and film makers throughout the years. Check out a few of the films that have been made below:

 

-- Anastasia (1997)

From the director of An American Tail, this animated feature tells a story of Anya desperately trying to reunite with her grandmother. Two Russian henchman and the not dead Rasputin, however, have other plans for her. This film starred Meg Ryan and John Cusack.

-- Northern Exposure (1994)

In a season six episode of this popular show, "Zarya", we learn of the negotiations that went on between Grand Duchess Anastasia and Vladmir Lenin in the town of Cicely, Alaska that would return Anastasia's family to power.

-- Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)

This made for TV mini-series starred Amy Irving as Anna Anderson. Based on a book by Peter Kurth, it follows the live of Anna Anderson who fights to be recognized as the Grand Duchess.

-- Anastasia (1956)

This is probably the most famous of all the films made about the subject. Ingrid Bergman stars as Anna Koreff, who may or may not be, Anastasia. Yul Brynner is her handler who works very hard to convince the Russian emigres and the Dowager Empress, Anastasia's grandmother.

-- Clothes Make the Woman (1928)

The first known film to take on the story was a silent film starring Eve Southern and Walter Pidgeon. After being saved by a Russian soldier, Anastasia finds her way to Hollywood where she is cast as the Grand Duchess in a film. And who plays her savior - the very same Russian soldier who saved her life!

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Sebastian Vettel made serene progress to the chequered flag as he took a giant step towards his fourth successive world title when the rain stayed away at Spa.

Victory at the Belgian Grand Prix means the triple champion now holds a 46 point advantage over Ferrari’s Alonso who came home in second.

But the fact that Lewis Hamilton made it up to third in the championship table after taking the final podium place will be of scant recompense for the Mercedes man who now must find a way to overhaul 58 point deficit to Vettel in the remaining eight races if he is to be crowned world champion for a second time.

Champ: Vettel holds his latest trophy aloft as Hamilton and Alonso applaud

Number one: Vettel poses for the cameras after more success in Belgium

 

The Red Bull team celebrate Vettel's impressive win

 

Jenson Button provided some cheer for his team coming home in sixth, but this season still looks like being the first since 1980 in which a McLaren driver has not made it onto the podium.

In truth, the race had little of the drama of the previous day’s qualifying session. After surprising even himself and playing the changeable conditions to perfection, Hamilton provided the perfect finale to a thrilling Saturday afternoon to pip Vettel to pole.

As the saying goes in these parts, if you can see the trees it is going to rain and if you can’t it is already raining. 

And they're off: Hamilton leads the way after taking pole position

But with the track bone dry for the start, Hamilton got away well yet again with Jenson Button making up two places from sixth to fourth and Fernando Alonso, even more impressive, storming from ninth to fifth.

But by the time Hamilton reached the Kemmel straight, Vettel, making the most of his low downforce set-up, breezed by using the Mercedes slipstream before streaking away.

It took until just lap four for Alonso to continue his stunning progress, pulling the same move on Button as Vettel had on Hamilton, although the Ferrari had the advantage of DRS.

The Spaniard was on a charge and by lap six he was delivering on his prediction he could fight for the win despite his poor qualifying as he swept by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes. 
Meanwhile, Vettel, despite being told to take care of his tyres, had pulled out a four second gap on Hamilton as the various garages tried to establish whether a one or two-stop strategy was the way to go. 

Leader: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets ahead of Hamilton

Winner: Vettel came out on top at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit

Back on track the problems for Lotus were coming thick and fast with Kimi Raikkonen’s brakes a major concern while Romain Grosjean refused to give grace to Sergio Perez’s McLaren, the end result being a loss of a further place to Felipe Massa to drop to 12th. 

However, the stewards were soon studying whether Perez had run Grosjean off the road, something of a reversal for the Frenchman who caused so much carnage at the start in last season’s Belgian Grand Prix. And remarkably Perez was handed a drive through penalty for the move.

Making little impression on the gap to Vettel, Hamilton dived into the pits at the end of lap 11 to put on another set of option tyres, meaning two-stopping would be the way to go for the 2008 world champion who emerged in eighth.

Hamilton swiftly took care of Grosjean, but the Lotus man quickly returned the favour much to the Mercedes man’s frustration – as was the sight of Alonso in his mirror’s following the Ferrari’s first stop.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso chases down Jenson Button

Matters took an even worse turn when Vettel pitted for options, meaning he was also running a two stop strategy while a mistake at La Source allowed Alonso to slip by Hamilton up the inside and in to third.

Of the front runners only Button had not made a stop, promoting him briefly into the lead before Vettel passed the McLaren into the final chicane and back into command of the race.

And at the end of lap 17 McLaren seemingly showed their hand, Button pitting for hard prime tyres presumably not planning on another visit to the garage before the chequered flag after re-joining in seventh.

Lewis Hamilton leads early on in the race

On to the radio came Hamilton as he started to lose a second a lap to Vettel. ‘I am getting everything I can out of this car,’ said the 28-year-old struggling to comprehend how his machine had gone from a dominate winner in Hungary to an also ran just four weeks later.

But his problems were nothing compared to those of Raikkonen who lost his front brakes when trying to pass Massa into the final chicane. Retirement, after a remarkable run of 38 grands prix finishes, was the inevitable consequence for the Finn.

Back in the battle for the podium, Hamilton was the first of the frontrunners to complete his second and final stop at the end of lap 26 of 44.

Two laps later Paul di Resta’s race was run after he came of worse following a hefty tangle with Pastor Maldonado’s Williams, the Venezuelan, never one to back down in a fight, having tagged the other Force India of Adrian a millisecond earlier into the final chicane before punting the Scot. 

Protest: Greenpeace campaigners unfurl a banner against sponsors Shell before the race

With all the projected pit stops completed, the top two looked assured with Vettel heading Alonso. But the fight for the third step looked like providing the most excitement with Button trying to one-stop and fend off Lewis Hamilton.

‘I think we can go back to plan A,’ was the message from the McLaren pit to Button suggesting they were confident his tyres would make it, that said with the ever present threat of rain starting to increase. 

But matters are devilishly difficult to predict at Spa, not just the weather, and with 10 laps to go Button was in the pits for fresh tyres, hopeful that the extra grip could see get by Webber, Rosberg and Hamilton to make it back onto the podium with a grandstand finish. 

A police helicopter flies by one of two Greenpeace protesters before Sunday's race

Button was soon posting fastest lap after fastest lap, almost two seconds per lap faster than Webber in fifth.

But his progress soon slowed as the tyres drop off as the procession of cars reeled off the laps to the finish 

‘Bring it home and stay off the kerbs,’ was the message to Vettel as the chequered flag was being prepared with the Red Bull 16.8 seconds ahead of Alonso and almost half-a-minute in front of Hamilton.

With Formula One readying its self for a mad dash across four continents in the next three months, precious little looks like stopping Vettel bringing home a fourth successive drivers’ crown.

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James Hunt bedded 5,000 women, lost his wife to Richard Burton, drank like Oliver Reed and drove like a demon. So when the Australian actor was asked to play the F1 legend, he had one big question: ‘Is this guy supposed to be the hero or villain?’

On James Hunt: 'He was either a hot-headed jerk or he was a hero,' said Chris Hemsworth

Was James Hunt a supremely talented, fearless Formula 1 driver? Was he a hard-drinking, womanising playboy? Was he an adrenaline junkie who never really grew up? 

In Ron Howard’s high-octane drama Rush – in which Aussie star Chris Hemsworth portrays the hard-living, fast-driving English rebel on the racetrack – the truth is that he was all of the above. 

‘Before we started shooting,’ says Hemsworth, ‘I said to Ron, “Is James the villain or is he the hero? 

'Because he’s doing some pretty unforgivable things here.” And Ron said, “We’ve been asking the same question . . .” And that’s the vibe I got from people who knew him – there are some very strong opinions about James. 

'He was either a hot-headed jerk or he was a hero. He was capable of being both. He was a man of extremes.’ 

With an incisive screenplay by Peter Morgan (who wrote The Queen and Frost/Nixon), Rush, which gets its world premiere at the Toronto Film festival early next month, is the true story of the fierce competition between Hunt and arch-rival Niki Lauda (played by Daniel Brühl) that culminated in the 1976 season, which Formula 1 fans regard as one of the greatest of all time. 

‘James and Niki were completely different characters on and off the track. Niki was calculated and prepped and focused, while James had a very different, almost animalistic approach, which meant he could be quite reckless at times. 

'He was an artist and drove with such passion. And there’s no doubt that they were both incredibly talented.

‘After a race James would let loose and party, whereas Niki would go home and go to bed and get up the next day and practise. That championship season in 1976 with them vying for the title was incredible. 

Rush is the true story of the fierce competition between Hunt and arch-rival Niki Lauda that culminated in the 1976 season, which Formula 1 fans regard as one of the greatest of all time

‘F1 is a lot safer now, but back then the drivers looked around at each other and, statistically, they knew there was a good chance that two or three of them wouldn’t be alive by the end of the season. 

'It was gladiatorial, the risk of death was a constant looming threat, and those guys just dealt with it.’

Hunt’s excesses and appetites were legendary. Before his early death from a heart attack in 1993, aged just 45, he’d slept with more than 5,000 women and enjoyed a lifetime of hard drinking. 

His partner in crime was Barry Sheene, a working-class Londoner who won the motorbike racing world championship four times and shared his passions: speed, women and alcohol.

In the run-up to the championship-deciding race at Fuji in Japan in 1976, Hunt is said – by biographer Tom Rubython – to have slept with 33 air stewardesses during a fortnight-long party fuelled by alcohol, cannabis and cocaine. He went on to win the race and that season’s championship. 

Hunt's excesses and appetites were legendary. Before his early death from a heart attack in 1993, aged just 45, he'd slept with more than 5,000 women and enjoyed a lifetime of hard drinking

Rush concentrates on the period leading up to 1976, when Hunt, in the McLaren, and reigning champion Lauda, driving for Ferrari, were neck and neck for the championship

Lauda's car burst into flames and bounced back on to the track, where it was hit by two other cars. He was trapped inside, and suffered terrible burns to his head and severe damage to his lungs

‘He would be in such a heightened state pre-race,’ says Hemsworth, ‘and other drivers would be trying to lower their heart rate by meditating or lying down. Not James. 

'He would be pacing back and forth, helmet on, helmet off, smoking cigarette after cigarette and then throwing up just before he got into the car. He’d get in the car and he would be fidgeting so much his legs would be banging the side of the car.

‘I spoke to Jochen Mass (a German driver who raced against Hunt) and he remembered saying to James after one race, “The first couple of laps you were all over the place,” and James said, “I can never remember the first couple of laps.” He was that hyper. 

Hunt with model Susan Shaw in 1973

‘Then, after a race was over, he would just explode and the partying and the women were part of it. 

'I think it was also because he was constantly having to live with the very real chance he would die during a race.  

He said that death was a cloud that followed you around and hovered above you, and occasionally you would look up at it, but mostly you’d try not to think about it. It was all about distraction. 

‘I remember Ron saying to me, “You know, back then in the 1970s, sex was safe and the driving was dangerous.” And now it’s the other way around. 

‘I think James lived in the moment. Nothing forces you to be in the moment more than the threat of death when you are driving in a highly adrenaline-charged race. And I think that desire to be in the moment becomes addictive. 

'Back then, in the 1970s, F1 was glamorous and sexy and very, very dangerous. Drivers lost their lives and it got me thinking, why would you do that? What was it that attracted them to that world?’

Event first met up with Hemsworth on set at Wrotham Park, an 18th century mansion nestling in 2,500 acres of Hertfordshire. In Howard’s film, it is doubling as the home of Lord Hesketh, aristocratic owner of the Hesketh team – now a prominent UKIP supporter – who gave Hunt his first break as a driver before he was snapped up by McLaren for the 1976 season. 

The scene has Hunt encountering the beautiful model Suzy Miller (played by Olivia Wilde) for the first time.

 

Beautiful model Suzy Miller (played by Olivia Wilde, pictured left) became his wife after a whirlwind romance. The marriage only lasted 14 months before she eloped with hell-raising actor Richard Burton

Suzy became his wife after a whirlwind romance, though the marriage would last only 14 months before she eloped with hell-raising actor Richard Burton.

For Hemsworth, the scene captures just about everything you need to know about Hunt. 

‘You’ve got the F1 car, which James clearly adored, you’ve got a beautiful woman – and he certainly loved beautiful women – and it shows just how impulsive he was. He meets Suzy – and within weeks he has proposed to her.’

'He (Hunt) meets Suzy - and within weeks he has proposed to her,' said Hemsworth

It’s easy to see why Howard – the Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 – chose Hemsworth to play Hunt. 

They share the same blond good looks and an easy-going charm. The accent was, he admits, difficult – he’s played plenty of Americans but Hunt was his first Brit.

‘It was tough. I find American accents easier because, in Australia, 90 per cent of our film and television comes from there.’ 

Hemsworth tackled some of the spectacular driving sequences himself, but most of the more dangerous manoeuvres were handled by his driving double, British driver Niki Faulkner. 

‘It’s a question of insurance,’ says Hemsworth. Howard’s production team was lent many of the original cars – including Hunt’s McLaren and Lauda’s Ferrari – by the collectors around the world who now own them. Hunt and Lauda’s racers are valued at more than £2 million each.

Hemsworth was given F1 driving instruction by Faulkner, initially in an F1 simulator, which lets drivers experience cyber versions of many of the world’s racetracks. But nothing quite prepared him for getting behind the wheel of Hunt’s original McLaren. 

Howard’s film concentrates on the period leading up to 1976, when Hunt, in the McLaren, and reigning champion Lauda, driving for Ferrari, were neck and neck for the championship. 

Before the tenth grand prix of the season at the notorious Nürburgring circuit in Germany – which had claimed the lives of more than 130 drivers in its 49-year history up to that point – Lauda, concerned with increasingly wet conditions, called for the race to be boycotted. 

But the drivers, including Hunt, voted to race on. That decision proved near-fatal for Lauda. 

Hunt with his partner in crime, Barry Sheene, in Monaco

He started the race behind Hunt, who was in pole position. While Hunt remained among the leaders, Lauda fell back after a tyre change. 

He was trying to make up lost ground when his Ferrari spun off into a wall.

The car burst into flames and bounced back on to the track, where it was hit by two other cars. Lauda was trapped inside. 

He suffered terrible burns to his head and severe damage to his lungs after breathing in toxic fumes. He was airlifted by helicopter to a burns unit in Ludwigshafen where, for the next few days, he fought for his life. 

Lauda, who has been an adviser on the film, survived the crash but, as well as the burns, lost most of his hair, his right ear and both eyelids. 

Astonishingly, he made a return just three races later in Monza, Italy, finishing a remarkable fourth. 

Howard’s film captures the raw excitement of that time – the power and vulnerability of the cars, the deafening noise from the 450-horsepower engines and the thrill of a high-speed duel where a mistake could cost a driver his life.

Hemsworth hasn’t met any of Hunt’s family but has spoken to many of his friends, former racing colleagues and team-mates.

‘Some would say he really was a kind person, and someone else would say he was a terrible womaniser, yet all of his ex-girlfriends spoke very highly of him.’

Hunt’s style could not be more at odds with the media-controlled, hermetically sealed version of F1 we have today. His nickname on the racing circuit was ‘Hunt the Shunt’ because of his habit of getting into scrapes on the track. He would also be shockingly frank in interviews. 

It's easy to see why Ron Howard - the Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 - chose Hemsworth to play Hunt

Once asked after a race what his immediate plans were, he replied: ‘I shall be getting drunk.’ 

Imagine Lewis Hamilton saying that. 

Hemsworth has clearly grown to admire the enigmatic, charming, supremely talented, risk-taking rogue that was James Hunt. 

‘For me if there’s one word that sums up James, it’s passion,’ he says. 

‘Whether you agree or disagree with what he said and did, it was all done with passion and he threw everything into it. 

‘Whether it was some of the statements he made to the media – and he could be very indiscreet – or the way he drove, his love life, or the partying, he did it all 110 per cent. 

'James didn’t want to conform to any standards and I admire that. I think he took it too far in many instances but for me, working in a business where you’ve got to be constantly careful about what you do or say, this guy was a rock star! I would have loved to have met him. The guy was a one-off.’ 

‘Rush’ is released on September 13

 

 

Chris Hemsworth stars as fearless F1 legend James Hunt

 

 

 

 

The wife's tale

'I would have fallen for him completely,' said Olivia Wilde of Hunt

 

Olivia Wilde on playing Suzy Miller

Olivia Wilde admits she can understand the dangerous attraction James Hunt exerted on women.  

‘Oh, I would have fallen for him completely,’ she says. 

‘It’s no mystery to me why he was such a star. F1 was suicidal back then – James called it a “blood sport” and  I think that was part of the appeal.’ 

In Rush, Wilde, 29, plays Suzy Miller, the model who fell for Hunt and married him after a whirlwind romance in 1974. 

‘They started out in this fun, positive, sexy but reckless way and then it kind of decayed and they became strangers because of depression and alcohol and all the things that plagued James. Suzy believed that she could fix James.  

'I think she knew what she was getting into but I think she hoped he would settle down. He was still a little boy in many ways.’

The beginning of the end came when Hunt and Suzy holidayed in the chic Swiss resort of Gstaad in December 1975.

Burton and Elizabeth Taylor –  who had just married for a second time – were staying in the same resort. Burton spotted Suzy on a ski-lift. He said later: ‘I turned around and there was this gorgeous creature, about 9ft tall. She could stop a stampede.’ 

According to Hunt’s biographer, the two men, who were friends, later spoke on the phone and Burton agreed to pay Hunt’s $1 million settlement so he could be with Suzy.

 

The son's view

 

'It was just so surreal seeing 'Dad' on the big screen,' said Tom Hunt

Tom Hunt on watching 'Rush'

‘Over the years there have been a number of different people approaching the family about a film and we’d always been very cautious about getting involved. 

'What won me over was Ron Howard’s passion and that the film is as much a study of the relationship between Dad and Niki, their shared dream and extraordinarily eventful championship rivalry as it is about racing or anything else. 

'Rush is fantastic but it was just so surreal seeing ‘Dad’ on the big screen.

'It’s been said before that if anyone had made up that storyline, even a Hollywood director would laugh and say it was just too far-fetched.’

Visit www.jameshuntf1.com in memory of the racing legend

 

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Attacks Rise Against Egypt’s Christians

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A destroyed church in the village of Nazla, in Fayoum, a province south of Cairo on Monday. More Photos »

By KAREEM FAHIM

Published: August 20, 2013

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Amid Unrest, Egypt’s Christians Pay a Heavy Price

 

Military Dominates Airwaves in Egypt

 

 

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