Henrietta Bredin

A passion for music

Henrietta Bredin talks to the Earl of Harewood about a life in opera

issue 12 March 2011

Henrietta Bredin talks to the Earl of Harewood about a life in opera

In his memoir, The Tongs and the Bones, the Earl of Harewood ruefully quotes his uncle, the Duke of Windsor, remarking, ‘It’s very odd about George and music. You know, his parents were quite normal — liked horses and dogs and the country.’

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