He was an extraordinarily fit individual and played every sport that you can imagine, so imagine my shock at the news. I was on a Government visit to Pakistan, in my role as Minister for External Affairs and International Development, when I got a phone call at two in the morning—a phone call at two in the morning is never good news—from my sister to tell me that my uncle, who had been complaining of stomach and back issues for a while, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.