4. Distinguished Visitors; Royals in the Family, Movie Stars and the Maharajah Who Died at Lunch
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With Royals, ‘Subroyals’, Grand Dukes, Duchesses, Tsars and Tsarinas in the family, having Noel Coward, Grace Kelly, Wallis Simpson and Eisenhower visit was not so out of the ordinary. Lady Pamela tells stories of the grandmother she shares with Prince Philip, extraordinary other family members and some of the wonderful characters the Mountbattens called friends. What unusual gift did Wallis Simpson bring? Was the chef really a lion tamer? And what DO you do with a dead Indian Prince at the dining table
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