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October 2022 October 2022

CASTLE PLAYERS - NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS This week has been unlike any other week in my
lifetime. On Monday we had a Queen, and a male
Prime Minister. By Thursday we had a King and a
Castle Players held their annual AGM at the beginning female Prime Minister. As I write, we are in a period of
of September and were sorry to see Steve and Linsey National Mourning for Her Late Majesty Queen
step down from Chairman and Secretary after so many Elizabeth II. The date of the funeral has been
years leading Castle Players from success to success. announced; world leaders have been sending their
The new elected committee would like to thank Steve condolences; the Royal Family has gathered. London
and Linsey for all of their hard work. is filling with people and flowers showing their love
and respect for our beloved Monarch.
Deanna Langford was awarded the Aiden O'Neill
trophy for her contributions to Castle Players, especially for her recent production We all knew that this
of Still Alice. day would come, and
yet we all hoped that
Castle Players has also voted to relax the subscription fee for this coming year in it wouldn’t. The
the hope that it will encourage many more of you to join us in whatever capacity, Queen has been a
on or off the stage. If you would like to get involved, please do visit our website on constant presence
www.castleplayers.com.
throughout my life,
a n d i n d e e d
MILBORNE MOVIES throughout the lives of
parents
my
and
grandparents. I am
sure we will all
Downton Abbey - a New Era eventually get used to
saying “His Majesty”
Friday 21st October 2022 at 7.30pm and singing "God
Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St save our gracious
Andrew DT11 0JX King". For now it feels new and strange. The King has already started work –
within 48 hours of his mother’s death, he held his first audience with the new
Doors and bar open 7.00 Prime Minister, and met the Cabinet as well as opposition leaders.
Tickets cost £5, which includes a drink or an As Her Majesty’s Vice Chamberlain, I had the privilege and honour of writing to
ice-cream Her Majesty every day that the House of Commons was sitting. It is called the
Message and details the day’s proceedings in parliament. It ensured that the
Our very own Dorchester based Julian Fellows Queen was fully informed of the working of Her Government. I no longer hold the
takes The Crawley family on a grand journey role of Vice Chamberlain – the new Vice Chamberlain of His Majesty’s
to the South of France to uncover the Household will now instead be writing the Message to the King every day. I have
mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. no doubt that it will be read carefully, as he shows the same dedication and
Let's step in to autumn with a glass of Pimms as we immerse ourselves in this service to his role as his beloved late mother before him.
extravagant trip with our 'upstairs and downstairs' cast of Downton Abbey The relationship between Monarch and Parliament is a finely balanced one,
favourites featuring the magnificent Maggie Smith as the fabulous Dowager depending on hundreds of years of history. At times, it may seem steeped in so
herself...she never disappoints! much tradition that it is divorced from normal life. And yet modernity and
tradition can travel hand in hand. On Saturday 11th September the new King

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