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Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her mother both nearly died from the traumatic birth. Because of the trauma, her mother lavished on Diana anything and everything she wanted--clothes, toys and dance lessons were the order of the day. Diana's love of films began when her mother took her to the local movies theaters. The actresses on the screen caught Diana's attention and she said, herself, that from the age of three she wanted to be an actress. She was educated in the finest private schools, much to the chagrin of her father (apparently he thought private education was a waste of money). Physically, Diana grew up fast. At age 12, she looked and acted much older than what she was. Much of this was due to the actresses she studied on the silver screen and Diana trying to emulate them. She wanted nothing more than to go to the United States and Hollywood to have a chance to make her place in film history. After placing well in a local beauty contest, Diana was offered a role in a thespian group (she was 13).

The following year, Diana enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) to hone her acting skills. She was the youngest in her class. Her first fling at the camera was in The Shop at Sly Corner (1947). She did not care that it was a small, uncredited role; she was on film and at age 16, that's all that mattered. That was quickly followed by Dancing with Crime (1947), which consisted of nothing more than a walk-on role. Up until this time, Diana had pretended to be 17 years old (if producers had known her true age, they probably would not have let her test for the role). However, since she looked and acted older, this was no problem. Diana's future dawned bright in 1948, and she appeared in no less than six films. Some were uncredited, but some had some meat to the roles. The best of the lot was the role of Charlotte in the classic Oliver Twist (1948). Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in more films and became more popular in Britain. Diana was a pleasant version of Marilyn Monroe, who had taken the United States by storm. Britain now had its own version.

Diana continued to play sexy sirens and kept seats in British theaters filled. She really came into her own as an actress. She was more than a woman who exuded her sexy side, she was a very fine actress as her films showed. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, she began to play more mature roles with an effectiveness that was hard to match. Films such as Craze (1974), Swedish Wildcats (1972), The Amorous Milkman (1975) and Three for All (1975) helped fill out her resume. After filming Steaming (1985), Diana was diagnosed with cancer, which was too much for her to overcome. The British were saddened when word came of her death at age 52 on May 4, 1984 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

Susan Sheridan was born on 18 March 1947 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Black Cauldron (1985), Midsomer Murders (1997) and Moomin (1990). She was married to Max Brittain and Michael Sheridan. She died on 8 August 2015 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on 4 August 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on 30 March 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Lana Morris always appeared to be more confident and mature than the other post war British starlets. However, the big roles always escaped her and she appeared as a supporting actress in many British films of the 1950s. She later re-started her career, appearing as a professional panellist on many of the TV shows of the 1960s.

Worked in a tin mine, on a rubber plantation, as a gold prospector, as a bartender and as a professional bridge player before writing. The first Saint book, written when he was 20 years old, was his third book and the only one of his first five novels to feature the Saint. Wrote nearly a hundred Saint adventures in total, wrote the scripts for thirteen years of globally syndicated Saint comic strips, successful Hollywood scriptwriter and script medic. Spent much of his life travelling but settled for long periods in Hollywood, Florida and finally in Surrey, England, UK

Prince Phillip was born on 10 June 1921 as a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His family was deposed and he lived in France and finally went to boarding school in Gordonstoun in Scotland. Eventually he sent his boys there. When he was 18 he met 13 year old Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth, his third cousin from their descent from Queen Victoria, his second cousin once removed from their descent from King Christian IX of Denmark and fourth cousin once removed from their descent from King George III. They fell in love, but her father King George VI did not want them to get married right away. Before they became engaged he renounced his hereditary royal title and adopted the surname of his uncle Louis Mountbatten. They were engaged in 1947 and married on November 20th of that year. Before they married he was created His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, but was not given the title of Prince until 1957.

Almost a year after their wedding they had their first child, a boy, Charles Phillip Arthur George. In 1950 they had a daughter, Anne. They were followed by Andrew and Edward. After the death of his father in law in 1952 his wife became Queen Elizabeth II and he had to give up the Navy to help her being that he was now a royal consort. He has been active with services and takes on a lot of public engagements for his wife.

In the late 1970s he became a grandfather when his daughter Anne had two children, a boy called Peter and a girl named Zara. His eldest son Charles had a son William in 1982 and second son Henry in 1984. His second son Andrew had a daughter Beatrice in 1989 and second daughter Eugenie in 1991. His third son Edward was created the Earl Wessex just before his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones; they have two children, Lady Louise Windsor and James Mountbatten-Windsor (Viscount Severn).

Mary Kerridge was born on 3 April 1914 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985), Anna Karenina (1948) and Richard III (1955). She was married to John Counsell. She died on 22 July 1999 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Michael Darbyshire was born on 15 October 1917 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) and Pickwick (1969). He died on 20 November 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

George Gibbs was born on 18 July 1937 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is known for Brazil (1985), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). He died on 15 December 2020 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Confederation [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Queen Victoria's Empire (2001) and The Windsors: A Royal Family (1994). He was married to Queen Victoria. He died on 14 December 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Margaret Rhodes was born on 9 June 1925 in London, England, UK. She was married to Denys Gravenor Rhodes. She died on 25 November 2016 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Eddie Eddon was born on 13 April 1925 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Willow (1988), Batman (1989) and The Pirates of Blood River (1962). He died in May 1999 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

David Paltenghi was born on 20 July 1919 in Christchurch, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Electronic Monster (1958), The Love Match (1955) and Orders Are Orders (1954). He was married to Pamela Georgina Louise Mason. He died on 4 February 1961 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Michael Redding was born on 7 June 1932 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1998), Moonraker (1979) and Superman (1978). He was married to June Elvena Brown. He died on 30 May 2019 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Reginald Simpson was born in 1896 in England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Living Dangerously (1936), Why Saps Leave Home (1932) and Who Goes Next? (1938). He died on 2 November 1964 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Ken Court was born in 1940 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an art director, known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Aliens (1986) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He was married to Gilly Noyes Court. He died in 2006 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Hugh E. Wright was born on 13 April 1879 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silver King (1929), The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) and Carry On (1919). He died on 12 February 1940 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Ernest Hendrie born in London in 1859. Highly successful stage performer, his most notable stage role was in 'The Bride of Love to Sweet Nancy' in 1890 and as Tylo in 'The Blue Bird' which he later appeared in the film version in 1910. He also co-authored 'The Elder Miss Blossom' a comedy which was also made into a movie in 1919. He will perhaps be best remembered in the screen version as The Professor in Thomas Bentley's 'The Divione Gift' co-starring opposite Joyce Dearsley for the Phillips Film Co in 1918, his last screen appearance was the lead role as Foxey Green in 'A Will and a Way' a comedy co-starring Polly Emery made at the Artistic Picture studio in 1922.

Keith Wilson trained for his profession at Rochester's Medway College of Art and Design. From the mid-1960's, he had a long association with AP Films and Gerry Anderson, who initially hired him as an assistant to art director Bob Bell. Promoted to production designer, he was especially noted for his work on creating scenery and puppets for Thunderbirds (1965), as well as for his contribution to the sets of Anderson's iconic UFO (1970). Even more highly regarded in the science-fiction genre was his work on Space: 1999 (1975). He not only created the sets for 'Moonbase Alpha' and many of the show's alien creatures, but his influence carried over into the areas of costumes, hairdressing and make-up. Consulting with the scriptwriters on a daily basis, he thus exercised a profound impact on the look of the series as a whole.

Wilson also won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for Stalin (1992).

Ted Morley was born in 1934 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Excalibur (1981), The Wicker Man (1973) and Braveheart (1995). He died in 2004 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

George III was born on 4 June 1738 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Kings and Queens (2002), Eight Songs for a Mad King (2012) and History Extra podcast (2007). He was married to Queen Charlotte. He died on 29 January 1820 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

After service with the Royal Corps of Signals, Harry Oakes volunteered for the AFPU and served with No 5 Section in North West Europe from 1944 - 1945. He then served in South East Asia and then returned to cover the Allied Occupation of Vienna, December 1946. Equally at home using a cine or still photograph camera, he was one of the AFPU team deployed under the command of Lt H A Wilson to cover the relief of Bergen-Belsen (or Belsen) concentration camp in April 1945. He also covered the Rhein Crossing, accompanying the airborne landing of 6th Airborne Division, and the meeting of British and Soviet Forces on the Elbe.

Weston Drury Jr. was born on 24 April 1916 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a casting director, known for Moonraker (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). He died on 7 January 1994 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Mrs. Oliphant was born on 4 April 1828 in Wallyford, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Mystery and Imagination (1966). She was married to William Valentine and Frank Wilson Oliphant. She died on 25 June 1897 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

Denis Compton was born on 23 May 1918 in Hendon, London, England, UK. He died on 23 April 1997 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.