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20 May 2021

When King Edward said: "I want to pump shit" ...

Chips Channon Diaries

This film is a review of the beautifully written diaries of a waspish insider (American who became and MP and married into the Guinness family) and obsessional social climber, from 1918-38. It includes his visit to the Olympics in Berlin and his impressions of the competitive party-giving by Ribbentrop, Goering and Goebbels (each of which he attended). It goes on to cover Channon's dislike of socialists (except Ramsay MacDonald as ex-socialist) and, most remarkably of all, the night the King came to dinner, and the extraordinary thing he said. I am sure you will enjoy watching - just 35 minutes! 60 - Chips Channon Diaries - ed. Heffer (2021) - YouTube







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