Floella Benjamin: ‘The Queen gave me a masterclass in people skills’

The children’s campaigner on coming to Britain in 1960, why Diana, Princess of Wales envied her family, and why she owes a boy called Norman an apologyBorn in Trinidad, Floella Benjamin, 67, came to England aged 10. She appeared in several West End shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, before becoming a household name in the 1970s as a TV presenter on Play School and Play Away. In 2004 she won a British Academy Children’s Award for her contribution to children’s TV. She is a