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From Legion to leisure

As told to Joan Conway

Published: May 3 2008 01:19 | Last updated: May 3 2008 01:19

Name: Philippe Lamblin
Age: 39
Occupation: Chief executive of Privatsea, a membership-only club that offers luxury yachting to wealthy clients
Born in: France
Now living in: London, UK
Has also lived in: Germany, Finland, Romania, Russia, Corsica, Monaco

I joined the French Foreign Legion at the age of 24. I had trained at St Cyr, which is France’s Sandhurst equivalent. It was inevitable I would be an army officer because of my military background. I come from five generations of army officers.

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