Lady in Waiting - My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Zusatztext 'This funny and touching read will allow you to take a peek inside the glamorous world and volatile life of an aristocrat' Informationen zum Autor Lady Glenconner was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, and growing up in their ancestral estate at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. A Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation, she married Lord Glenconner in 1956. They had 5 children together of whom 3 survive. In 1958 she and her husband began to transform the island of Mustique into a paradise for the rich and famous. They granted a plot of land to Princess Margaret who built her favourite home there. She was appointed Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret in 1971 and kept this role - accompanying her on many state occasions and foreign tours - until her death in 2002. Lord Glenconner died in 2010, leaving everything in his will to his former employee. She now lives in a farmhouse near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Klappentext Now in paperback, this is a revealing memoir by a Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid in Honour at the Queen's Coronation. Glenconner exposes what life was like in her gilded cage, her great friendship with Princess Margaret, and the freedom she can now finally enjoy in later life. She will appear as a character in the latest series of "The Crown". Vorwort The runaway bestseller by Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret - as seen on The Crown - in which Anne Glenconner looks back on her life of glamour, drama and tragedy. Zusammenfassung The runaway bestseller by Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret - as seen on The Crown - in which Anne Glenconner looks back on her life of glamour, drama and tragedy.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Glenconner
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.06.2020
• EAN: 9781529359107
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-5910-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, Autobiography: general, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Autobiography: royalty, Social and cultural history