Cabaret artiste, the stage name of Reginald Sutherland Bundy. Best known for his drag (although he disliked the term) persona H.I.H. (Her Imperial Highness) Regina Fong. He first developed his act in 1985, and quickly achieved regular spots at the Black Cap pub in Camden Town and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. The character was a Russian princess who had supposedly escaped to Britain following the Russian Revolution.
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Regina Fong
Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Regina Fong, 1945 - 2003, "Last of th...
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