Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
A British princess and countess.
On the island
Eight records
Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
I thought back to my childhood, and that I thought of the practically the first record that my sister and I used to play most at Scotland, and uh it was a march called King Cotton by Sousa and we used to march up and down the drive at Burke Hall.
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
I hope that it's. are recorded by the pipes and drums of my regiment, the Royal Highland Fusiliers.
this was a record that I remember cheering me out very much. In a traffic jam. and everybody was in the traffic jam. We were all listening to the wireless, and it had This wonderful tune called Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ford. and instead of everybody looking absolute daggers at each other, like everybody does. Everybody was banging in rhythm on their steering wheels, and we all caught each other's eye and laughed.
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini
I think it's the most beautiful tune in the world. In fact, it's beautiful all through, but I know we can only have a little bit of it.
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, with Elizabeth Bainbridge
I would like a recording, please, of the last night of the proms with the people joining in and Sounding very patriotic, which is very important nowadays.
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II, No. 13: Danse des cygnes: IV. Allegro moderatoFavourite
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn
As I am such a Keen Balagera. May I have a bet out of Swan Lake, please?
Karl Radazza with Sid Phillips and his Band
this is a a record, quite an old record, I think, about nineteen forty eight when I was A young Thing? And Quite enjoying life.
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer
and like the hymn Guide me O Thy Great Redeemer
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:50How old were you when you began to be interested in music, when you began piano lessons?
Well, I wasn't interested in lessons, but I began when I was about five.
Presenter asks
6:03Did you join your sister in lessons by a governess? Did you miss the company of other children?
Well, no, because my sister and I were very close, although um she is nearly five years older than me. We never did lessons together, we always did lessons separately. But then, of course, we had quite a lot of children who came uh to the guides, for instance, and we had a choir we used to sing in, and uh there was the Pantomimes we used to do, who knows? And dancing class? You know, one one saw quite a lot of One's age group.
Presenter asks
10:35When your father ascended the throne [as King George VI], there must have been a sudden and confusing change in lifestyle for a little girl of six.
Yes, it was very surprising. My first impression was of having to leave home. and go to Buckingham Palace, which we didn't know very well. and battling through these enormous, loving crowds that were surrounding my father and mother, I think they were greatly relieved to have somebody who they could depend on again.
The keepsakes
The book
Leo Tolstoy
A good long read and rather needs reading several times, so that'll keep me going for a long time.
The luxury
Presenter asks
12:08What happened to you when war broke out?
Well, first we were left in, um, Scotland, at Balmoral, because of course When the war was declared, nobody knew whether the Nazis wouldn't uh bomb us all to pieces, so we were left in in safety in Scotland, hoping they wouldn't bomb us there. And then we came down about Christmas time and then we went to Royal Lodge, which was in the park, as I've told you, the Windsor Great Park. And, um Then suddenly we were asked to pack and move to Windsor. To the castle. When the Nazis invaded Belgium and Holland. 'Cause they're getting rather close. And we packed for the weekend and stayed for five years.
Presenter asks
27:31Few people have suffered more than you from wild and inaccurate and irresponsible press stories, especially in foreign papers. Can you laugh at them, or do you find them aggravating?
I found them extremely aggravating. Of course, if they're absolutely invented, like sometimes they are, of course one can laugh at them with one's friends. But um I think since the age of seventeen I've been misreported and misrepresented. A lot of it is beneath contempt, and of course you can't keep on issuing denial. Well, they're not worth denying, really.
“I think since the age of seventeen I've been misreported and misrepresented.”
“I like life too much to live on a desert island.”
“Yes, with no one else to look, I'd probably be beautiful.”