Breaking protocol
NextBack“During the Duchess' visit a committee member asked the Duchess if she would sign her programme for her daughter and was told by Mrs. Walter Elliot that was not possible. However the Duchess put her hand behind her back, my father put the programme into her hand, and she then signed it simply as 'Marina' and returned it, a very gracious lady. This autograph was reproduced on the front page of the souvenir brochure.”