'Three witches hit bad luck', Edward Vale, Daily Mirror, 18 March 1964

Daily Mirror, 18 March 1964, page 3, by Edward Vale. A Cambrian Airways Viscount carrying three witches from London to the Isle of Man has a wing flap failure and turns back to Liverpool; they land safely on a second plane. Eleanor Bone (printed as "Mrs. Ray Bone"), high priestess of a London coven, says they will not be visiting Monique Wilson: "I have never spoken to her" and "There is no such title as Queen of the Witches." The large photograph on the cutting belongs to a different story. How to cite: Edward Vale, 'Three witches hit bad luck', Daily Mirror, 18 March 1964, p. 3. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive.

THREE WITCHES HIT BAD LUCK By EDWARD VALE Isle of Man, Tuesday A PLANE bringing three witches to the Isle of Man from London was struck by bad luck today . . . only a few miles from the home of their rival, the self-styled Queen of the Witches. As the “Witches Special,” a Canbrian Airways Viscount, was coming in to land its wing flap mechanism failed. This meant returning to Liverpool, where there is a longer landing strip. The witches changed planes. And their next plane landed safely. I was with them on both flights. And I was able to question them about their feud with their so-called Queen, Mrs. Monique Wilson. Mrs. Wilson claims that she gained the title in the will of Dr. Gerald Brosseau Gardner, 80-year-old leader of Britain’s witches, who died last month. Title The three visiting witches will not be visiting Mrs. Wilson's cottage during their trip to the island. Said middle-aged Mrs. Ray Bone, high priestess of a London coven: “I have no intention of seeing Mrs. Wilson. I have never spoken to her and am not anxious to. “There is no such title as Queen of the Witches.”