Now, they want her back. Sophie Lloyd, an actress, was persuaded by her friend, a magician called Jenny Winstanley, in the late 1980s to apply to the Magic Circle. Winstanley didn’t think she would get away with playing the role of a man, so she enlisted ...

A magician who fooled the Magic Circle by pretending to be a man so she could be admitted was kicked out for ‘deception’ – but now the prestigious group is trying to track her down to say sorry. Sophie Lloyd revealed she was not really called Raymond Lloyd when the magicians’ association voted to allow women to join in 1991.

Sophie Lloyd convincingly played the role of Raymond Lloyd to gain access to the male-only Magic Circle over 30 years ago. View on euronews