Ronald Payne was born on 6 February 1926 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England.
[1][2] During World War II, he served in the Royal Marines.
[1][2] Payne began his career as a journalist at the Reading Mercury.
[1] In 1953, he joined the Daily Telegraph, first as a reporter and later as a foreign correspondent in Paris.
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