Lucinda Lambton on PP

[Old Grumpy]

Agree - Lucinda Lambton is a very interesting person and her TV series was (were?) certainly most interesting. I only caught the end of PP and will listen to it on i-player. Her father was involved in the Profumo scandal. I think she is also related (by marriage) to Jools Holland.

[mercia]

related (by marriage) to Jools Holland.

everyone has their cross to bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKB4firUqhI

[mercia]

Her father was involved in the Profumo scandal.

sorry, are you quite sure about that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Lambton

[Ferretfancy]

Lord Lambton was not connected with the Profumo affair, but he was photographed in bed with two prostitutes, and smoking a spliff to boot! This shocking behaviour lead to his downfall as a possible threat to security.

Interviewed later, he said that his way of relieving the tensions of office was " Vigorous gardening and debauchery "

He clocked up 84 years while pursuing these pursuits, one of which was definitely worthwhile!

[Caliban]

Yes it was the Lambton scandal, really - he had one all his wery own

And the Holland connection is rather tenuous - LL's much younger brother's wife left him for Holland. So as this article succinctly puts it, the genial Jools is her ex-sister-in-law's second husband http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...hats-life.html

The late Lord Lambton sounds rather a card, holed up in his Tuscan villa with his mistress serving frozen fish pie to Prince Charles & the Blairs...

Glad to know one can relive Lucinda's 'Alphabet" series on youtube though - cheers!

[Caliban]

Lord Lambton was not connected with the Profumo affair, but he was photographed in bed with two prostitutes, and smoking a spliff to boot! This shocking behaviour lead to his downfall as a possible threat to security.

Interviewed later, he said that his way of relieving the tensions of office was " Vigorous gardening and debauchery "

He clocked up 84 years while pursuing these pursuits, one of which was definitely worthwhile!

As I said in my simultaneous post, rather a card!!

[mercia]

Tuscan villa

looking gorgeous
http://www.villacetinale.com/

scandals just aren't what they used to be

[Old Grumpy]

Thanks for the corrections - still an interesting character, as has been observed. I pass his "manor" several times a week - not the Tuscan one though!

OG

[antongould]

.......and she did plug the Beamish Museum a thing of wonder.

[Norfolk Born]

Is there any likelihood of a reply/explanation from the person who started this thread? Or is this just another clever wind-up (in which case it's worked)?