ATV Today: 03.04.1981: T-Shirts

Summary

Buckingham Palace have said that T-shirts with pictures of Prince Charles and Lady Diana are in bad taste and must not be worn to celebrate the Royal Wedding.

Year:

1981

Duration:

0:02:54

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Shots of machinists at work in a factory that had been making the shirts. Terry Lloyd talked to Phillip King from Shayama clothing works in Leicester, who have already made thousands of the shirts. He explains that they can't do anything with them now since they have had a large order cancelled. Union official Bill Boggon said many workers in the Leicestershire hosiery industry could be affected and he was concerned about foreign imports still being allowed. Terry Lloyd piece to camera explaining that the Lord Chancellor had initially allowed the T-shirts with an image of Charles and Diana to be sold but the Palace have overruled the decision.


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