Animalia

Salaam Cinema (1995)

The Duke of Edinburgh with Monarch butterflies

The Duke of Edinburgh with Monarch butterflies, 1988, Unknown photographer

This photograph is included in the exhibition Prince Philip: Celebrating Ninety Years, on display at Windsor Castle, 12 February 2011 - 22 January 2012. Explore the exhibition online.

© Reserved/The Royal Collection Not for reproduction

My Favourite Actresses:

Liv Ullmann (Persona, Ingmar Bergman)

Isabelle Huppert (La Pianiste, Michael Haneke)

Catherine Deneuve (Repulsion, Roman Polanski)

Irène Jacob (La Double Vie de Vèronique, Krzysztof Kieślowski)

Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday, William Wyler)

Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Martin Scorsese)

Silvia Pinal (Viridiana, Luis Buñuel)

Anna Karina (Pierrot Le Fou, Jean-Luc Godard)

Juliette Binoche (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Krzysztof Kieślowski)

women in history → Heroines   ↳ Princess Noor Inayat Khan, World War II

“I wish some Indians would win high military distinction in this war. If one or two could do something in the Allied service which was very brave and which everybody admired it would help to make a bridge between the English people and the Indians.“ –  Noor Inayat Khan, on her decision to enlist

Her finishing report, which the official historian of F Section found in her personal file long after the war, read: ”Not overburdened with brains but has worked hard and shown keenness, apart from some dislike of the security side of the course. She has an unstable and temperamental personality and it is very doubtful whether she is really suited to work in the field.“ Next to this comment, Maurice Buckmaster, the head of F Section, had written in the margin ”Nonsense.”