The Princeof Wales talks in Spanish with telephone operator . When the Prince of Wales inspected the great new world telephone centre at the Faraday building in London he conversed in Spanish with one of the switchboard operators , all of whom are expert linguists . The operator was Miss Marion Hart .The Prince was passing her switchboard when he heard her speaking in Spanish . When she had dealt with the call he chatted with her in the same language , with which he has become familiar during his South American travels . Photo shows ; Miss Marion Hart at the Buenos Aires switchboard today . She was working at this switchboard when the Prince of Wales spoke to her in Spanish . 5 May 1933