Former drag queen recalls private moments with Princess Diana
The Boy Who Sat By The Window.Before clubland success came calling, one of Hodge’s first jobs in London was working on the reception desk at the London Lighthouse.
It was one of the UK’s foremost AIDS hospices. Hodge worked there during the worst days of the epidemic, before treatment for HIV became available.One day in the mid-90s, he was surprised by a guest visitor: Diana, Princess of Wales.
Below, in an exclusive extract from his book, he recounts his brief experience with her.One morning at Lighthouse, I was on the early shift at reception, feeling like shit, my eye make-up still on from the night before.
It was only eight and nothing much happened till the staff arrived at nine, so I had my feet up, drinking a coffee and reading Mapp & Lucia by E.F.
