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Anecdote about a girl amusing the Prince of Wales by her vig...

Date 1952
Track ID 10102
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.27.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1952.027

Summary

Anecdote about a girl amusing the Prince of Wales by her vigorous dancing at a gillies' ball.

A young woman, a relation of the contributor's mother, was invited to the gillies' ball at Balmoral, which was held at the back end of the year [i.e. after the harvest]. The dances were mostly Highland schottisches, quadrilles and reels. Col. Phipps, a friend of the Prince of Wales, was swinging the ladies nearly off their feet and was very pleased with himself. This young woman thought if she could get opposite Phipps in a dance she would give him a scare. When she got opposite him in a Reel of Tulloch she deliberately did not change hands at the right time and Phipps was sent flying, as she was much stronger than he was. The Prince of Wales was in fits of laughter at this.

Item Subject/Person

Phipps, Sir Charles Beaumont; Edward VII

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Crathie and Braemar

Village/Place - Balmoral

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good