Undercover policemen, undercover lovers | Life and style | The Guardian
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Because Lambert and Charlotte were unmarried, they were required to sign the birth register together. But Lambert let Charlotte down on the handful of occasions when they made appointments to visit the registrar’s office, so Charlotte was forced to register her son under her own name. In hindsight, Lambert’s refusal to sign the document looks odd; but at the time it appeared in keeping with the beliefs of a radical activist who eschewed any connection to the state.