Did samantha smith make a tv series with robert wagner?

YOUTUBE / GETTY Samantha Smith co-star with Robert Wagner in a TV series called Lime Street Q In the 1980s, a young girl called Samantha Smith became famous when she wrote to the Soviet

leader Yuri Andropov. Sadly she was killed in a plane crash, but I remember she was going to make a TV series with Robert Wagner. Did this get made? _P Rhodes, Colton, Leeds_ A The

13-year-old Samantha wrote to Andropov and not only received a reply but an invitation to visit the USSR, which she accepted in 1983. She went on to become a goodwill ambassador but was

killed in a plane crash when still only 13. She did indeed co-star with Robert Wagner in a TV series called Lime Street in 1985. They made three episodes, which were screened after her

death. RELATED ARTICLES Q Why do zips on coats in America have the retainer box on the right and the insertion pin on the left, while it is the opposite in Britain? If you are in the

righthanded majority it is far easier to insert the “pin” on the right into the “box” on the left. Is it connected with female garments having buttons on the other side from men, originally

to allow the maid to do them up? _Lesley Robson, Doncaster, South Yorkshire_ A It does appear to be just a random difference between the UK and US. It seems to come down to the question of

which way is really more comfortable for righthanders. Some agree with you that having the retainer box on the left makes life easier, others say that if it is the other way round: you can

insert the zip left-handed, then use that hand to steady it at the bottom while zipping it up with the right hand. I’m not sure about ladies’ maids though. I’ve always preferred the

explanation for button sides that the first genuinely unisex garments were hunting jackets and they put buttons on different sides simply to distinguish between male and female jackets.

GETTY - STOCK Why are American and British zips different? Q I thought that a princess ranked above a duchess, so would that mean Princess Michael of Kent outranks the Duchess of Cambridge,

even though Kate will one day be our Queen? _Mrs JH Downer, Sidmouth, Kent_ A Oh it’s much more complicated than that. The title “princess” is entirely at the will of the monarch but is

generally bestowed only on daughters and granddaughters of the monarch or wives of princes. When William becomes Prince of Wales, Kate will be the Princess of Wales. Princess Michael of Kent

is married to a grandson of George V. In the official Order of Precedence, however, titles such as Duchess and Princess carry far less weight than the closeness of a person’s relationship

to the monarch. Princess Michael of Kent ranks lower than Lady Zara Tindall, daughter of Princess Anne. However, she is above Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Catherine, Duchess of

Cambridge, if accompanied by her husband and the Duchesses are alone. Q I have a long-running argument with a neighbour about Coronation Street: who died first? Ena Sharples or Elsie Tanner?

_C Pope, Isle of Wight_ A Are you referring to the characters or the actresses? Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) died in 1986; Violet Carson (Ena Sharples) died on Boxing Day 1983. The death

dates of the characters are less clear. Elsie Tanner’s last performance was broadcast in January 1984, while Ena last appeared in April 1980. Ena retired to St Anne’s but her death was never

mentioned, while Elsie left for Portugal and in 2011 was said to have died “six or seven years ago”. GETTY - STOCK Poppies on Remembrance Day Q Remembrance Day gave me cause to wonder

whether any British politicians died for their country during the two world wars. _D Howard, by email_ A The House of Commons displays 42 heraldic shields to commemorate the MPs who died

during both world wars: 19 in the First World War, 23 in the Second. One of the first to die in the First World War was the MP for Wisbech, William Glynne Charles Gladstone, grandson of the

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