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An interview with Joan Cook

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Hear about life below stairs at 1930s Kensington Palace.

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   Life below stairs at Kensington Palace

   In 1939, 14-year-old Joan Cook arrived in London to work at Kensington Palace. She was a kitchen maid for the Duke of Edinburgh's grandmother, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. Hear her fascinating story.
   

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