Margaret Rhodes
Kirsty Young interviews Margaret Rhodes, former MI6 worker and first cousin to the Queen.
Kirsty Young's castaway is Margaret Rhodes.
As the first cousin to the Queen, she has a unique insight into the life of the royal family. She used to spend her summer holidays at Balmoral with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret while, during the war, she worked for MI6 and lodged at Buckingham Palace. She attended the Queen's wedding and coronation and, in later life, worked as an assistant to the Queen Mother.
Remembering the Queen's coronation, she says: "We had only just recovered from six or seven years of deprivation and blackouts and rationing - it was like the sun suddenly coming out behind a lot of very dark clouds and I think everybody felt that with a new young Queen, a whole new era was opening up. It was somehow exciting."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
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Frank Sinatra
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
With Celeste Holm Composer: Cole Porter / Saul Chaplin
- High Society.
- Capitol Records.
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Hubert Parry
I was Glad
Artist: English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Martin Neary
- The Coronation Service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
- EMI.
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Belle Stewart
Leezie Lindsay
Composer: Harry Lauder
- Queen Among the Heather.
- Greentrax.
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Fred Astaire
Night and Day
Composer: Cole Porter
- Puttin鈥 On the Ritz.
- Golden Stars.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Tom Lehrer
Vatican Rag
Composer: Tom Lehrer
- That Was The Year That Was.
- Reprise.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Non Piu Andrai
Artist: Teddy Tahu Rhodes & the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ola Rudner
- Mozart Arias and Orchestral Music.
- ABC Classical.
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Jessie Seymour Irvine
The Lord鈥檚 My Shepherd, hymn (鈥淐rimond鈥)
Artist: Norwich Cathedral Choir
- Hymns From Norwich Cathedral.
- TRING.
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Morecambe & Wise
Bring Me Sunshine
Composer: Arthur Kent with lyrics by Sylvia Dee
- Morecambe & Wise.
- EMI Comedy.
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Book Choice
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Reader's Digest - The Most Amazing Gardens in Britain and Ireland
Luxury Choice
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Her favourite blue jersey
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Margaret Rhodes |
Broadcasts
- Sun 3 Jun 2012 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 8 Jun 2012 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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