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passion, but I don't think she likes it very much, she doesn't come with me any
more.
I don't think she's a big television watcher. She knows when I'm on, and she
might watch, but I don't know. It's not the kind of thing she tells me.
We're very grateful for Amy. She's a good daughter as daughters go. We're
looking forward to being grandparents.
I'm sure she'll have a son.
Amy Mitford: I don't really know my father. He isn't easy to get on with. He's
quite self-centred, and a little bit vain, I think, and in some ways quite
unapproachable. The public must think he's very easy-going, but at home he
keeps himself to himself.
He can't have been at home much when I was a child, because I don't
remember much about him. He's always been slightly out of touch with family
life. His work always came first, and he was always off somewhere acting or
rehearsing. He loves being asked for his autograph, he loves to be recognized.
He has won several awards, and he's very proud of that. He was given the
Member of the British Empire, and we had to go to Buckingham Palace to get
the medal. It was incredibly boring — there were hundreds of other people
getting the same thing, and you had to sit there for hours. He shows off his
awards to whoever comes to the house.
I went to public school, and because of my total lack of interest and non-
attendance I was asked to leave. I didn't want to go there in the first place. I was
taken away from all my friends. He must have been very pleased to get me into
the school, but in the end it was a complete waste of money-I let him down
quite badly, I suppose. I tried several jobs but I couldn't settle down in them.
They just weren't challenging enough. Then I realized that what I really wanted
to do was live in the country and look after animals, so that's what I now do.
As a family, we're not that close, either emotionally or geographically.
We don't see much of each other these days. My father and I are totally
different, like chalk and cheese. My interests have always been the country, but
he's into books, music and above all, opera, which I hate. If they do come to see
us, they're in completely the wrong clothes for the country — mink coats, nice
little leather shoes, not exactly ideal for long walks across the fields.
He was totally opposed to me getting married. He was hoping we would
break up. Gerald's too humble, I suppose. He must have wanted me to marry
someone famous, but I didn't, and that's all there is to it. We don't want children,
but my father keeps on and on talking about wanting grandchildren. You can't
make someone have children just because you want grandchildren.
I never watch him on television. I'm not that interested, and anyway he
usually forgets to tell me when he's on.
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