LADY HELEN HAMLYN

Helen Hamlyn is the lady of the first night
By Alison Roberts, Evening Standard

When Lady Helen Hamlyn first sponsored a night at the Royal Opera House for people who had never before seen opera, let alone been to Covent Garden, she met an Afro-Caribbean woman whose gratitude both delighted and shocked her. “We were chatting afterwards and I remember it very well. She said she hadn't thought she was allowed to come into Covent Garden. And that was the word she used: allowed'. Well!”