Irangani’s honour and privilege to meet with late H.E. Elizabeth 11 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Just five months after her coronation, Queen Elizabeth II engaged in a royal visit to Ceylon. This was the first visit to Ceylon by a reigning monarch. She was accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. The ten-day tour included a royal procession through Colombo, where she opened the first session of the second Parliament of Ceylon, and a train ride to Kandy, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Nuwara Eliya. Today, I am interviewing Irangani Gunatillake, Ceylon Tea Queen 1968, and her memorable experience of chatting with the Queen for over 20 minutes, just the two of them, at the Ceylon Tea Centre stall, Scottish wholesale Cooperative Society, in Glasgow, in 1968 Hello, Irangani. Tell us about your experience meeting the Queen and Prince Phillip in Glasgow in 1968. Thank you for ...

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LEGENDARY DR DHARMASRI WICKREMASINGHE  AUTOGRAPHED  ICON ANNOUNCER IN RADIO TELEVISION MUSICAL CONCERTS UNCONQUERED – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:hungama.com All reputed announcers should possess skills and abilities in abundance able to interconnect visibly. Should be able to syndicate several fragments of material and draw conclusions. Should concentrate without been distracted while performing a task. Those people who are identified by the voice and his manner of speech should be regarded as lucky. Such a unconquered legend in the radio and television hosting for over five decades is Dr Dharmasri Wickremasinghe triumphed through his own innate skills and aptitudes without any hereditary affiliations.  When he was young about thirteen years old he had listened to the Radio Ceylon channels  from the large radio they have had at their dwelling .He had wondered how these voices penetrate out and emerge.Later as he matured he had been able to come to a conclusion that it ...

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