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All you need to know is the Magic Circle in London did not let women in until the ‘90s.”

He said the King was also a member of the Magic Circle, a British society for magicians, adding: "I'd absolutely love the opportunity to create some magic with him."

"Jenny was increasingly frustrated that women, including herself, could not join the Magic Circle," Ms Lloyd says now.

Rather than being scrutinised at the Magic Circle's headquarters - which Ms Lloyd and Miss Winstanley deemed too risky - Ms Lloyd opted to invite the society's examiners to a performance at a working men's club.

But the Magic Circle did not take kindly to the news.