It s part of their job to raise a toast but some leading royals are more partial to a drink than others! And some have quite specific tastes when it comes to alcohol and exactly how to serve it…
Although fiercely protected by Her Late Majesty, William Tallon s luck ran out after her death in 2002; he was thrown out of his grace and favour home and died in his flat in Kennington in 2007.
William Tallon, who became known as Backstairs Billy, spent half a century as an aide of the Queen Mother. Marion Crawford served as a nanny to the then Princess Elizabeth.
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