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After the
first Royal Show on 1st July 1912
at The Palace Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London
In the presence of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
The King said he would attend a once-yearly variety show provided the profits went to
the Variety Artistes Benevolent Fund as the EABF was then known.
The Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund has been honoured by Royal patronage ever
since.
The Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding to maintain Brinsworth House
the Funds home for retired members of the entertainment profession and their dependants.
The 2006 show is the 78th Royal Variety Performance,
for 16 years the RVP was not presented owing to world conflict and Royal Family mourning.
Since that first event, over six thousand artists from all over the world have given
their services freely to the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
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