Betty Callaway

Betty Daphne Roberts was born in Reading, Berkshire on 22 March 1928, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Roberts. She grew up in London, where she attended a convent school. She originally wanted to become a ballet dancer and applied to the Royal Ballet School but was turned down because they considered her too tall. She later developed an interest in ice skating and took lessons at the Queens Ice Rink in Bayswater. ==Career==

In 1950, Callaway and Roy, now married, became skating coaches at Richmond Ice Rink in Twickenham. Callaway's pupils included Princess Anne who took lessons over three winters; Prince Charles also took lessons for approximately six weeks during a school holiday. where she coached Angelika and Erich Buck to gold at the 1972 European Championships. They retired from amateur competition to turn professional after the Olympics, and Callaway stepped down as their coach. and teamed up with Callaway once again. They won the 1994 European title and took the bronze medal at the Lillehammer Olympics. == Personal life ==

She married Roy Callaway (1917–2014) in 1949. The couple divorced in 1975, and in 1978, she married British Airways captain William Fittall. She was widowed in 1988 when Fittall died in a house fire. She later reconciled with Callaway, and they remarried in 2003, remaining together until her death. ==See also==