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"They did Cinderella first in 1941"
Did you know Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret performed pantomimes during the war?
Dr Richard Williams, the Royal Collection Trust:
"It was written by, and starred also the headmaster of a local school who obviously loved performance and theatre and so on.
"They had a proper band there with a proper stage.
"If you go to Windsor Castle now, you can actually see some of the costumes."
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