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Daily Star
|September 17, 2025
POWER PUSSIES CONTROL THE WORLD..
FORGET world leaders having pow wows - meet the cats that have meow wows!
Yesterday, the Daily Star reported how Sir Keir Starmer reckons No10 moggy Larry is one of our most charming diplomats - as he gets “more attention than the rest of us put together”.
But the famous feline isn't the only puss to have had one paw on power, as JAMES MOORE reveals...
PROWL HERITAGE: Cats were sacred in ancient Egypt and killing one brought the death penalty. Leaders revered them. When Crown Prince Thutmose died, over 3,000 years ago, he was buried with his mummified cat Ta-Miu, placed in a decorated sarcophagus.
MOUSE-HOLD NAME: There have been many Chief Mousers at No10 over the years, but top tabby Wilberforce served from 1973 to 1987, through the tenure of four PMs. Margaret Thatcher was such a fan she brought him back a tin of sardines from a Moscow trip.
This story is from the September 17, 2025 edition of Daily Star.
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