How the Daily Mirror, and my wife, got the first Mandela interview?
This article is about how Trevor McDonald's wife got the the first ever interview for the Daily Mirror, which was the first newspaper interview. He was too delighted to publish her 'world exclusive'. In the Sunday Times, he said that his interview with Nelson Mandela was 'one of the most cherished memories of his journalistic life'. The article talks about how they got the interview, they got the interview because the Mirror's then owner (the late Robert Maxwell) had offered Mandela his plane to fly him from Johannesburg to London for the the "Free South Africa" concert at Wembley stadium. In the event, the ANC rejected the offer in the belief that there were potential security and safety risks. So he and his wife, Winnie, took a scheduled flight instead, accompanied by Noreen.
This article shows the impact Nelson Mandela had on people's lives, as Trevor McDonald said that the the interview was the most cherish memories of his journalistic life.
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