At Lord Falconer’s house in Islington, North London, there are two sets of clothes. One for the 16-and-a-half stone peer of 2012, and another for the new ultra-slimline version, currently 11st 5lb — dipping on occasion to 11st 2lb.
‘I’ve kept most of my old clothes,’ says Falconer, 62. ‘I assumed that the moment I bought new clothes, I’d put weight on again. So for a while, I was lost in clothes that were too big. The effect of buying new clothes was to make me look even thinner.’
And boy, does he look thin!
Lord Falconer lost five stone in two years after drastically changing his diet and taking up regular exercise
The last time I saw Charlie Falconer, he was Lord Chancellor in the Labour government of his friend and former flatmate Tony Blair. He was a widescreen picture of tubby jolliness.
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