Hi Helen, again! Our son did his apprenticeship at Farnborough and worked on XV814 as an instruments and electrics fitter. 20 years later he still thinks the Comet is tops. Sadly, the one he worked on was broken up and he never even got a piece as a souvenir, but there is a framed coloured piccy of it (courtesy Mum and Dad) in his office.
One of the best Comets I saw was SA-R7 at Hatfield in 1962. It was just off the production line for (I believe) the King of Saudi Arabia. Certainly beat the pants of current biz jets!