4 Facts About Royal Variety Performance

1. In 1935 the Royal Variety Performance was held in the Silver Jubilee year of King George V and Queen Mary.

2. Money raised by the Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding for the Royal Variety Charity and its care-home for retired members of the entertainment profession and their dependents, Brinsworth House.

3. Royal Variety Performance held a rival performance in a nearby theatre, which she advertised was "by command of the British public".

4. Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity.