Conservation & Heritage Issue 52 Summer/Autumn 2026 - Flipbook - Page 67
His Royal Highness The Duke
Of Edinburgh Celebr ates
Rock History At Handel
Hendrix House Museum
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated rock history with a visit to the
Mayfair home of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix at Handel Hendrix House museum on Brook
Street, Mayfair on Monday, April 13, 2026
The visit coincided with the museum’s preparations for a
new display about Jimi Hendrix, featuring previously unseen
archive material about Hendrix’s life and music, which will
open on Friday, June 19, 2026. The documents are from
the corporate records of Anim Records, the company that
managed The Jimi Hendrix Experience and other acts,
including The Animals. Whilst Anim Records founder
Mike Jeffrey was officially Hendrix’s manager, the day-to-day
affairs of Hendrix and the bands was looked after by Patricia
‘Trixie’ Sullivan. Then a single mother in her twenties,
Trixie forged an incredible career in music, entertainment
and fashion throughout the swinging sixties and beyond,
blazing a trail for other women to follow.
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His Royal Highness was shown records that will help visitors
to the museum picture the everyday life of the rock star –
from dry cleaning tickets for his incredible clothes to unpaid
phone bills and entries on Trixie’s calendar which mention
the memorable performances on the Lulu show and at the
Royal Albert Hall. The Duke also saw Trixie’s 60s diaries,
in which stories of gigs, late nights and parties dance off the
page. These items were recently acquired by Handel Hendrix
House with the support of the National Lottery Heritage
Fund.
The archive will go on display in an exhibition at Handel
Hendrix House that sets Jimi’s life in London in context, after
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