"Her tall figure, swathed in black, looking like some strange eccentric bird... she seemed like an ageing princess come home from exile."
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Alec Guinness on her appearance at her official reception into the Roman Catholic Church in August 1955.
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Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell (7 September 1887 β 9 December 1964) was an English poet and critic.
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