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The President of the Noël Coward Society The Newsletter Of The Noël Coward Society October 2005 FREE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY CHAT Price £3 ($5) The Presidenthome of The Noël Coward Society His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent The Society is delighted to announce Sid Field Benefit…….Highest spot – that His Royal Highness, The Duke of Judy Garland.” Kent, KG, GCMG, CVO, ADC, has As the years passed there were other accepted our invitation to become the references, some more fleeting than oth- Society’s President, succeeding the late ers: “Lunched with the Duchess and Sir John Mills, CBE. Princess Alexandra”, “had tea with This is a fitting tribute to the long Princess Marina”, and so on. friendship of His Royal Highness’s par- Noël was a genuine friend who ents, the late Prince George, Duke of adored being with the Duchess, whether Kent and Princess Marina, with Noël. entertaining her in lavish style, or mere- Prince George was the fourth son of ly dropping in for a quiet chat over a King George V, and Princess Marina drink or two. Princess Marina died in was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of 1968, aged only 61, from an inoperable Greece. The couple married in 1934 and brain tumour. Noël visited her for tea were regarded as the most attractive, on the day she returned from hospital popular and, above all, stylish royal cou- and wrote afterwards, “She was in bed ple of their generation. Prince George and looked very papery. I am worried g r o . met Noël in 1923, just as his career was about her. She was very cheerful, how- a i d e taking off. Both men had immense ever, and we gossiped and giggled.” p i k charm and astonishing good looks and Our new President was born in 1935 i W : o represented the crème de la crème of the and was styled His Royal Highness t o h glittering 1920’s London Society. On Prince Edward of Kent – as a grandson P reading the terrible news of Prince of the British sovereign in the male line, George’s death in an air crash, in he was given the title Prince of the prize for foreign languages and also August, 1942, aged only 39, Noël wrote United Kingdom of Great Britain and passed the French interpretership exami- in his diary:- Northern Ireland. However, on the nation. The Duke retired from the Army “A dreadful morning. Headlines in death of his father on 25th August, in 1976 with the rank of Lieutenant- the papers saying that the Duke of Kent 1942, Prince Edward succeeded his Colonel and was subsequently promoted was killed in an air crash. I can hardly father as Duke of Kent and later in 1959 to Field Marshal in June 1993. believe it, but of course that is nonsense took his seat in the House of Lords. As He has travelled widely and repre- because I believe it only too well. It is a royal duke, he was destined for royal sented The Queen on important occa- never difficult to believe that someone duties at an early age. Aged 17, he sions such as the independence celebra- young and charming and kind is dead. walked behind the coffin of his uncle, tions in Sierra Leone, Uganda, Guyana, They are always dying…..Well, there George VI at his state funeral in 1952 Barbados and The Gambia. He has been goes a friendship of nineteen years. I and in 1953, he attended the coronation a Counsellor of State on The Queen's shall miss him most horribly……..” of his cousin, Queen Elizabeth II, pay- absence abroad. Noël’s friendship with the elegant ing homage at her throne after her One of the Duke's major public roles Princess Marina continued throughout crowning. for many years was as Vice-Chairman of her life. His diaries written from the HRH, the Duke of Kent, has had a British Trade International, (BTI - for- 1940’s onwards, and his journals for the distinguished career and made an merly the British Overseas Trade Board), 1950s and 60s were liberally sprinkled immense contribution to the work of the a position he held from 1976. The Duke with references to Princess Marina. On Royal Family. He was commissioned was actively involved in leading over- June 25th 1951, he wrote “Went with the from the Royal Military College, seas trade missions and visiting compa- Duchess of Kent to Covent Garden to Sandhurst, in 1955 as a Second nies large and small across the United hear Bohème – Victoria de los Angeles Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, the Kingdom promoting Britain and British sang well but looked like a musical beginning of a military career which companies. The Duke retired from this bun……..Took the Duchess to dine at the lasted over 20 years. At Sandhurst he role in 2001, but still retains an interest Ivy, and then on to the Palladium for the won the Sir James Moncrieff Grierson in British business at home and overseas. The Newsletter Of The Noël Coward Society October 2005 He is a patron of many charities and and President-in-Chief of the British Trustee of The Noël Coward organisations ranging from the British Racing Drivers' Club. The Duke's sport- Foundation, had the honour of meeting Computer Society to the Leukaemia ing interests include skiing, flying and The Duke of Kent at a dinner in St. Research Fund. He is President of the tennis. At Eton he enjoyed rowing and in Petersburg and recalled hearing him Commonwealth War Graves Switzerland he captained his regimental speak warmly of Noël and his friendship Commission, the RAF Benevolent Fund, ski team in the Army championships. with the family. the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Most significantly our President is a Thus it was that Robert Gardiner and the Stroke Association. He is Grand lover of opera and the theatre. Members suggested that the Committee might Master of the United Grand Lodge of were delighted to see him at Pizza-on- invite His Royal Highness to become Freemasons of England. the-Park in May, with his sister, Princess our president. The Duke is Patron of the London Alexandra, enjoying a performance of We are delighted that he has accept- Philharmonic Orchestra, the Trinity Gershwin and Coward music given by ed. College of Music and the Hanover Band. Ruth Leon, Michael Law and our Vice Barbara Longford He is President of the Wimbledon All President, Sheridan Morley. Robert England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Gardiner, Committee member and a Future Definite? – a Celebration of the work of Noël Coward St. Catherine’s College, Oxford Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd September, 2006 “And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty’s heightening…… Do join us next September in the visit. They will receive a warm wel- ‘definite’. beautiful and unique city of Oxford at a come from all the UK members, nine- There are other exciting sessions weekend for members to share their love teen of whom will be in New York this under discussion for the weekend, but of Noël Coward’s work and gain inspira- December, for the flower-laying at the before we can go any further with our tion from the words of some notable Gershwin Theatre. plans we do need a firm commitment experts on Coward. Other eminent This conference aims to be fun; we from our members. speakers, whose own work may have hope to make it an occasion that Noël Only with an expression of your sup- been influenced by The Master, are also himself would have enjoyed. For exam- port, will we have the confidence to being invited. ple, after tea and before cocktails on approach potential sponsors of the week- Vice President, Stephen Fry, will be Saturday, there will be a guided literary end for help with funding for the stu- addressing us during the weekend as will walking tour of Oxford, followed by a dents, and for a modest honorarium for Barry Day, from New York. They have black tie dinner, and cabaret. our outside guest speakers and their both expressed their keen enthusiasm There will be a ‘Parkinson type’ of expenses. and willingness to participate – other chat show session, where members will St. Catherine’s became a college in professional commitments permitting. be invited to reminisce about Coward. 1963. It is now one of the largest col- Marcy Kahan has an intriguing ses- This will be hosted by Alan Farley who leges in Oxford and was built between sion in store for us, as does musical has presented a radio programme about 1960-64 on flat meadowland near the director, Jeremy Sams and our own Coward for many years in San Cherwell, to the designs of Arne Coward musicologist Dominic Vlasto, Francisco. John Knowles will be pre- Jacobsen, the Danish architect deeply on the music of Coward. senting an edited version of Coward’s influenced by the masters of the This is the first time our Society has home movies that include informal ‘International Modern’ style, especially organised such an event, but before we shots of his friends at Goldenhurst and Mies van der Rohe. Jacobsen also laid came into being, in 1999, the centenary on board ship, including Tallulah out the gardens and designed much of year, a conference was held at Bankhead and Charles Cochrane, the the furniture, including even the cutlery Birmingham University, which resulted only known footage of Coward’s mother used at High Table. in the publication, by Methuen, of Look and father, off and on stage scenes from When the students are away, this Back in Pleasure - Noël Coward Words & Music and Noël’s personal comparatively young college tries to sup- Reconsidered (ISBN number O 413 cine travelogue of his trips across the plement its income, by hosting confer- 75500 2).
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