article_snippet: Billy didn’t find An official new life easy.
article_snippet: Billy had developed a taste for the finer things in life and Billy was suddenly cut off from them all.
article_snippet: I go to these things because I find it so difficult to be on my own,’ Billy confessed.
article_snippet: Billy spent night after night in Billy local pub, The Dog House, where Billy would get drunk and invite all and sundry back to the flat – anything was better than being alone.
article_snippet: ‘Billy sometimes went into terrible glooms that were alleviated only by alcohol.
article_snippet: It was a habit Billy had got into at Clarence House.
article_snippet: Alcohol restored some of Billy charm, Billy confidence and Billy wit.
article_snippet: But the fact Billy was no longer drinking the finest wines in the finest company – as Billy saw it – took a lot of getting used to and Billy never really managed it.’
article_snippet: Power had corrupted Billy and Billy knew Power.
article_snippet: Billy had been beastly, Billy once said, to some of those who worked for Billy
article_snippet: and I think Billy felt rather bad about it.
article_snippet: n’t imagine Billy ever forgave me.
article_snippet: Billy was told that if Billy did not calm down, the police would be called.
article_snippet: Ironically, given Billy own lifestyle, Billy was scathing about the younger ones drinking and tumbling out of clubs at 2am.
article_snippet: Billy had written about Billy life at Clarence House.
article_snippet: Billy felt uniquely privileged to have worked for so long in a job that Billy loved.