"[Did he buy his farm in 2008 to avoid paying death duties?] That's the critical thing. So rather than just have money in the bank, and get a statement with numbers written on it that gives no one any pleasure at all, you could derive a great deal of pleasure and pass it on to your children."
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Interviewed by Deborah Ross, as cited in "Jeremy Clarkson’s girlfriend Lisa Hogan on life at their farm", The Times (13 November 2021)
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