The butler brings some news

"My grandparents worked at Dougarie on Arran for the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton in the 1920s. My Grandfather, Robert Hume, was employed as a boatman and my Grandmother, Catherine, as a cook at the Lodge. The estate gave them a cottage to live in with their nine children, seven sons and two daughters, and my father was the oldest.

"One day, the butler knocked at the cottage door and told them of an incident down on the shore. The boys had roughed up a small boy, who was the son of an important guest of the Duke and Duchess. They had pushed him off the floating platform, and he was really distraught. My Grandfather was worried because, in those days, you could get the sack for very little. However, nothing came of it, and a while later, my Granny asked who the wee boy was; she was told it was the future Prince Rainier of Monaco, who went on to marry Grace Kelly!"

As told by Wyllie Hume

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