Mary Soames: Patron, Mentor, Friend
Finest Hour 129, Winter 2005-06
From the Summer 2014 issue of Finest Hour….
You may wonder why she is not on the cover. Our dear friend Lady Soames, who died peacefully at 91, surrounded by her family, on May 31st at 8:35 pm, in fact deserves more than a hastily concocted cover: she deserves a special edition of Finest Hour, and that is what she shall have, issued between the summer and autumn numbers.
I say this notwithstanding that I can hear her words: “Really, you are going way O.T.T. [over the top] and it’s silly to make a fuss.” Never mind, Mary, we are going to make a fuss.…