Editing The Goon Show (section)

===Royal family===
The Goons were popular among the [[British royal family]], particularly with Prince Charles (now [[King Charles III]]) who would often mimic the voices of the characters.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life|page=24|author=Sally Bedell Smith|year=2017|publisher=Random House Publishing |isbn=978-0812988437}}</ref> [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] and [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] attended the recording of ''[[The Last Goon Show of All]]'' in 1972; Charles was unable to do so due to naval duties but sent a telegram to the cast. Charles wrote an introduction to the book ''More Goon Show Scripts'' (1973), and became patron of the [[Goon Show Preservation Society]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles joins the Goon squad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/73262.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=3 April 1998 |access-date=2007-06-26}}</ref>