When made an eerie admission of enlisting a spirit guide to summon the ghost of his late mother in his autobiography , eyebrows were raised. Yet according to a new documentary, ghoulish goings on with the paranormal have been, well normal, for the Royal Family for centuries. One revealing story that gives an insight into the Royal Family’s curious interest with the occult tells of the evening when Queen Elizabeth II attended a seance in 1953 in an attempt to connect to her recently deceased father King George VI from beyond the grave.
Famous psychic Lilian Bailey was seen as a trusted medium by the family, having forged a friendship with the late King’s speech therapist, Lionel Logue and other dignitaries. During the King’s reign, Bailey had received messages that were passed on to the Monarch. After his death, Bailey found herself being whisked off to a private seance for a mystery group of people.
She was taken blindfolded from her home in Wembley to a in , where she went into a trance and imparted messages from the afterlife. Reports say when she came round from her trance, she was allowed to take the blindfold off and was astonished to see Queen Elizabeth II alongside a grieving Queen Mother, ’s sister , husband Prince Philip and also Princess Alexandria and the Duke of . The Queen Mother was reportedly so moved by her reading, that she called upon her services several times after the meeting.
The trend for welcoming the paranormal into the Royal household was tho.