On numerous occasions throughout the spectacular Jubilee
celebrations, the BBC - followed by Sky News and CNN, all reported
on the then Princess Elizabeth making her now-famous speech on her
21st Birthday, in which she dedicated her life, whether it be long
or short, to performing her duty....
They all made mention that the speech had been made in Cape Town,
South Africa - but this was not correct: they all got it wrong!
The speech had been pre-recorded in the gardens of the Victoria
Falls Hotel, Rhodesia, with the thunder of the mighty Falls clearly
heard in the background.
This was the era before TV broadcasting, and the film footage was
made by Pathe News, to be flown to London for screening in cinemas
there, and throughout the Empire and its Commonwealth to mark the
Birthday of the Heir Apparent.
Princess Elizabeth was back in South Africa at the time of her
Birthday, but there was no broadcast made on that day...
Ask her!
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Thanks to John for sharing his memories with ORAFs.
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