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This season, we are exploring the life of Cleopatra.

An iconic life full of romances, sieges and tragedy. But who was the real Cleopatra? It feels like her story

has been told by others with their own agenda for centuries.

But her legacy is enduring and so we're going to dive into how her story has evolved all the way up to today.

Follow legacy now, wherever you get your podcasts. In 1985, Aed Goodyear was a 15 year old pupil at school in Hampshire.

It seemed like an idyllic place. It was set in rolling countryside and it had a special

treatment centre for children with hemophilia, a blood-cutting disorder.

It was Hogwarts. It was an Elizabethan mansion. It was incredible.

He loved the camaraderie of being there with all the other children. He would just

like him.

One spring day, along with four other pupils,

Aid was called into a room by the centre's medical staff. Five of us went to the

hemophilia centre one lunchtime, which is unusual.

Went into the room.

There was a physio, two nurses. We got ourselves comfortable, there was an awkward silence.

One of the nurses started to cry, rolled up in a few tears dropped during at all.

Dr Anthony Arrenstam, the director of the Hemophilia Centre, spoke first.

He proceeded to tell us that you may have heard that the factor isn't as clean as it should be.

He told the pupils that there was a problem with factor 8,

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