Netflix series The Crown brings back memories of Queen Motherâs picnic on Stroma By Jean Gunn Published: 08:45, 06 February 2021
Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper
The Queen Mother sets out for Stroma along with all her picnic hampers on board the Primula from Harrow harbour, just down from her home at the Castle of Mey. Pictured with the Queen Mother (from left) are Commander and Lady Vyner, Thurso provost John Sinclair, two security officers, Malcolm Simpson, Eric Shaw, Billy (Borax) Mackay (back to camera), Alex Thompson and skipper Angus Macintosh on the quayside.