Annual Royal Variety Performances are now available on You Tube. One year James Cagney showed up unannounced.
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother or Elizabeth and Phillip were constants.
Not really a huge fan.
Perhaps it is our version of the Kennedy Center Honors..
In response to @Charlie mentioning a gay chosing a female author in such important situation - my mentor in grad school was a female political science professor in 1966.
Nobody cares because she was tough but fair and wanted her grad students to move on, and perhaps keep in touch.
