Shelagh Russell-Rudge

The interviewee says that the family got a television especially for the Coronation ceremony, it was an occasion for the family. It was especially memorable because that day her family got to meet her husband-to-be for the first time. She remembers that the first television she saw had been turned towards a mirror so that they could watch the reflection of the picture. She has watched all the royal events with friends. She has lived abroad for much of her life and has seen many events on news reels including Prince Charles' Investiture and the Aberfan disaster. The 1997 Referendum drew her attention to Welsh politics and history first, and she took part in a television discussion at the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon.