Queen Mum had his albums

The Queen Mother was a big fan of Tony Hancock, it has been revealed.

A newly published catalogue of the record collection she kept in her Castle of Mey holiday home in the very north of Scotland reveals that the royal matriarch enjoyed listening to Hancock's Half Hour albums.

Also in the collection were LPs of sketches by Peter Sellers, as well as the rest of the Goons cast.

Her biographer William Shawcross told The Mail on Sunday: ''She and Prince Charles shared a love of quirky humour and greatly enjoyed The Goons.'

Other titles in the royal collection include Winston Churchill speeches, Paul Simon's Graceland, Edith Piaf's La Vie En Rose and Canadian yodeller Montana Slim.

Published: 13 Mar 2011