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READY FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS? MARION McMULLEN LOOKS BACK AT SOME NOTABLE PICNICKERS
1949
It was time for a Hollywood holiday as the entire Fonda family including a young Jane Fonda and her parents Frances and Henry Fonda packed the picnic hamper and headed to the great outdoors
1969
A picnic fit for a governor. Ronald Reagan rejected the knife and fork approach when he was served up an indoor picnic lunch of cold chicken. He was attending the Institute of Directors annual conference – fondly known as “The Picnic” – at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Around 3,000 picnic boxes were served and the conference’s diverse speakers included English poet John Betjeman and the then Governor of California, Ronald Reagan
1996
Licence to picnic. American James Bond film producer Cubby Broccoli enjoyed an A-star picnic at his home in Beverley Hills home, California
1953
Cheers! The coronation of Queen Elizabeth led to members of the Women’s Institute celebrating the occasion with an al fresco lunch in the grounds of Chilham Castle
1960
Don’t forget the tartan rug. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Princess Anne (left), Prince Andrew (centre) and Prince Charles were pictured sitting on a picnic rug outside Balmoral Castle in Scotland
1989
Who are you? The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey packed a picnic basket and found time to relax at the water’s edge at the trout farm he developed, near Burwash, England
1949
The stars came out to picnic during the making of crime thriller The Spider And The Fly at Pinewood Studios. Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson and Eric Portman were among those who tucked into a birthday picnic for actress Nadia Gray, left
1999
Uncork the bubbly. Sportsman Andy Goram and TV celebrity cook Clarissa Dickson Wright enjoyed a champagne picnic watching Scotland and South African cricket teams at Myreside in Edinburgh to raise money for Royal National Institute for the Blind
1929
Looking for an arresting break away from it all? Even American gangster Al Capone enjoyed a picnic and treated his family and friends to an outdoor special at Chicago Heights