To St. Margaret’s Westminster for the service of remembrance for Tony Snowdon. It was a glorious morning and the church was packed — I’d say about 1,200 people. We bellowed our way through ‘Cwm Rhondda’ and Bryn Terfel sang ‘Ar Hyd Y Nôs’ to harp accompaniment. It was a service as good as it gets. Son David gave a most moving address — he said most people don’t get the chance to grow up with their hero. The Queen and Prince Philip walked past me within touching distance. Will was there without Kate. I knew no one.
Tony had a lot of friends. He was kind, funny, talented and convivial. I don’t normally like to find myself in the same location as Kate Adie (for my US friends, she is the BBC’s most famous war correspondent), but this was the exception — a luncheon Tony gave in the Oliver Messel room at the Dorchester for fourteen friends.

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