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Magician who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle given membership 34 years after expulsion

Magician who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle given membership 34 years after expulsion
Sophie Lloyd, pretending to be ‘Raymond Lloyd’, allowed to join elite society in 1991 – but later that year she revealed disguise when women started to be granted membership, only to then be expelled

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