**DAILY MAIL'S 'BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS TO HELP YOU THROUGH
LOCKDOWN'** 'Beautifully written . . . very entertaining, very
funny' RICHARD & JUDY 'It's an astonishing story and narrated
with a deceptive simplicity. There isn't a boring sentence in the
entire book' DAILY MAIL 'Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn't drop
at least three times every chapter, you've not been paying proper
attention' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Gentle, wise, unpretentious, but above
all inspiring' THE TIMES 'A candid, witty and stylish memoir'
MIRANDA SEYMOUR, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Stalwart and disarmingly honest .
. . emotion resonates through this delightful memoir' THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL 'Discretion and honour emerge as the hallmarks of
Glenconner's career as a royal servant, culminating in this book
which manages to be both candid and kind' GUARDIAN 'A startling,
rare, beguiling insight into a lost world of royalty and celebrity
with as many tears as there are titles' DAILY EXPRESS 'I couldn't
put it down. Funny and touching - like looking through a keyhole at
a lost world.' RUPERT EVERETT ~ The remarkable life of Lady in
Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the
Queen's Coronation. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind
The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage,
with the wonderful wit and extraordinary resilience which define
her. Anne Glenconner has been close to the Royal Family since
childhood. Eldest child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, she was, as a
daughter, described as 'the greatest disappointment' by her family
as she was unable to inherit. Her childhood home Holkham Hall is
one of the grandest estates in England. Bordering Sandringham the
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were frequent playmates. From
Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation to Lady in Waiting to
Princess Margaret, Lady Glenconner is a unique witness to royal
history, as well as an extraordinary survivor of a generation of
aristocratic women trapped without inheritance and burdened with
social expectations. She married the charismatic but highly
volatile Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, who became the owner of
Mustique. Together they turned the island into a paradise for the
rich and famous, including Mick Jagger and David Bowie, and it
became a favourite retreat for Princess Margaret. But beneath the
glitz and glamour there has also lurked tragedy. On Lord
Glenconner's death in 2010 he left his fortune to a former
employee. And of their five children, two grown-up sons died, while
a third son had to be nursed back from a coma by Anne, after having
suffered a near fatal accident. Anne Glenconner writes with
extraordinary wit, generosity and courage and she exposes what life
was like in her gilded cage, revealing the role of her great
friendship with Princess Margaret, and the freedom she can now
finally enjoy in later life.
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