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Former Prime Minister MacGregor dead at 61, family announces to IPC.
June 5635



Fort William - Tragic news from Alchester today as the nation awakes with only four Prime Ministers being still alive today. It has been announced by the family of former Prime Minister Harold MacGregor (5615 - 5625) that the former Premier had died yesterday, June 8th, 5635 at 9:34 PM, Alchester time, at 8:34 PM (Fort William Time). Ever since his resignation and eventual replacement by Matilda Brakenbrooke, his Chancellor of the Exchequer, the former Prime Minister's health was a source of concern, with the Prime Minister fighting against throat cancer that greatly hindered his capabilities during his retirement. Politically, the MacGregor administration is widely recognised as one of Luthori's most impactful administration in recent decades.

Indeed during his tenure, the MacGregor administration launched numerous programs aiming at alleviating Luthori's stagnant economic condition, it was during his term that the Luthorian Government launched initiative that are continuing into the present day such as the Habeck Plan aimed at alleviating the Luthorian people's issue with housing conditions and the housing crisis and the Flecher Plan, a long-term strategic initiative aimed at increasing the share of nuclear energy in Luthori's electrical grid compared to fossil fuels.

Most of Mr. MacGregor's plans have been continued by its successor governments, with Prime Minister Hall commenting today on Mr. MacGregor's death: "Life's sometimes too short for good men", while also praising Mr. MacGregor's leadership and personality, saying of him that "Luthori owes a lot to this great sir". Conservative opposition leader, Reginald Weston spent the great deal of his time in Parliament stating an eulogy to the deceased Prime Minister. Mr. Weston knew and worked with the Prime Minister as an Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister's Office during the final years of Mr. MacGregor's term in office. Other political representatives sent letters of condolences to the family of Mr. MacGregor and commented on the death on social media and Parliament, with Green leader, Tommy Phillon stating that "While we have our political disagreements with fr. Prime Minister MacGregor, he is, without a certain doubt, one of the greatest Luthorians of the 57th century".

Both Empress Katherine and Emperor Richard II tried to persuade the former Prime Minister to accept a peerage as a reward for all his services towards "Crown and Country", but the former Prime Minister, in a great show of humility, always refused to take up a title, with him saying during his last recorded interview in 5633 that a peerage was "unnecessary", adding "I've already everything I need today, I have a family whom I love dearly, I have a house that I'm taking care for a while now, I don't need a peerage at all, nothing that this would add would be necessary for my life.."

Emperor Richard II sent a letter of condolences to the Prime Minister's family and met with the Prime Minister's widow Kate Lonming-MacGregor (58). His Majesty also announced a week of national mourning before the Prime Minister's funeral that is to be held in 19th of May.

@TheWeeklyTelegraph