THE ROYAL VISIT

Bill and Sue-On with Kerry Morris
Meeting Princess Anne at the Brandon Train Station

Back in the '80s we did numerous shows as well as radio, TV and newspaper interviews for the promotion of the Call of the Wild Festival.

In the summer of 1982, following one of our interviews on the CKX-TV Noon Show, we rushed down to the Brandon CPR Station where we did a show for a bus full of "rather tipsy" media people and hundreds of Brandonites who had turned out to meet Princess Anne's train. 

We then followed Anne over to the Agricultural Research Station grounds where we performed before and after a "Royal Barbecue." It was a very hot day but the Princess managed to look "Royal Cool" throughout the afternoon.

The highlight of this event was the long informal chat we had with Princess Anne during one of our breaks. She congratulated us on the success of our recording and performing tours of England. We jokingly expressed disappointment that her mother hadn't invited us in for tea or hot chocolate when we visited Buckingham Palace. She good-naturedly replied that, "We wouldn't have been there. We spend the summers in Windsor Castle. You'll have to drop around there on your next visit : )"

Despite the relative informality of her visit, protocol was a bit more formal in those days - sadly the only photo we have of the event was the one taken at the train station.