Willie Hamilton

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William 'Willie' Hamilton (1917-26 January 2000) was a Scottish anti-monarchist Labour Member of Parliament in Fife.

Hamilton was a schoolteacher who joined the Labour Party as a teenager in 1936. He served as a captain in the Middle East during World War II.

Hamilton contested Fife West at the 1945 general election but lost to Communist Willie Gallacher. In 1950, he successfully overturned that result, winnng by over 13,000 votes. He stepped down from Parliament in 1987.

He sponsored the Equal Pay For Equal Work Bill in the 1970s, but is best remembered as for his stridently anti-Royalist views. He branded The Queen "a clockwork doll", Princess Margaret "a floozy", and Prince Charles "a twerp".

Hamilton died in 2000 at the age of 82.

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[BBC reports his death]

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