Her father was the president of Equatorial Guinea who sent her abroad for her own safety, shortly before he was executed by firing squad.

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Then came a still more surreal twist - Monica Macias ended up in North Korea being brought up by a man she calls her "adoptive father" - the dictator Kim Il-sung.

Now living in London - she's written about her extraordinary life story - from growing up in Pyongyang to her travels around the world.
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