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Hace 5 días · George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7e Comte de Harewood : voilà un nom qui ne dira sans doute pas grand-chose au public francophone ; sauf peut-être aux plus anciens d’entre nous qui découvrirent l’opéra à l’aide du Kobbé, ce guide édité dans la collection Bouquins au début des années 80.
Hace 5 días · Great Lives is a BBC Radio 4 biography series, produced in Bristol. It has been presented by Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock and currently (since April 2006) Matthew Parris. A distinguished guest is asked to nominate the person they feel is truly deserving of the title "Great Life".
Hace 2 días · George VI was briefed on Operation Overlord and the invasion of France as early as October 1943. The following February, two MI5 officers visited Buckingham Palace to meet Lascelles.
Hace 1 día · Two years after the death of Lady Constance, in 1882, Hugh Grosvenor married Katherine ‘Katie’ Cavenish, third daughter of the second Baron Chesham and Henrietta Frances Lascelles (a close relative of Alan ‘Tommy’ Lascelles, who would serve as private secretary to George VI and Elizabeth II).
Hace 9 horas · On May 19, 1944, two and a half weeks before the 'Operation Overlord' landings took place, Princess Elizabeth spent the day with her parents inspecting
Hace 2 días · George VI sent a handwritten letter to Churchill urging him to reconsider, lest “a chance bomb, torpedo or even a mine should remove you from the scene”. After several rounds of back and forward, Churchill (“a naughty child” who “knew perfectly well he oughtn’t to do this”, wrote Lascelles) reluctantly conceded.
Hace 5 días · “You must be either mad or bad,” said Lascelles in disbelief. The Queen was sympathetic but, as head of the Church of England, Lascelles said she could not consent to Margaret marrying a divorced man.
