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ITN/5/8/135
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Prince Charles with 'Goons'
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- 12 November 1974 (Creation)
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(1955 - present)
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Even a Royal face can't keep straight when there are Goons about. Prince Charles had a command performance of Goonery on Monday night (11-11-74) at a dinner in London to celebrate the publication of a book of scripts of radio's famous Goon Show programmes. But only three of the Goons were there: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine. The sick absentee was Harry Secombe. Not to be outdone he sent the Prince a poem
Broadcast Date: 1 March 2001
ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/116
Agency: Syndication International
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Copyright: Syndication International