As royalty and rock stars flit across the pages, she emerges as a great trooper. It’s a fascinating story entertainingly and movingly told. Lady Glenconner tells the story of her glamorous, but sometimes tragic, life with understatement and without self-pity. Their three sons all suffered terrible tragedies in their lives (drug addiction, AIDS, and a paralysing motorbike accident) and two died young as a result. Her husband, the late Lord Glenconner, who bought the island of Mustique and turned it into a playground for the rich and famous, emerges as something of a monster. The tale she tells is a very interesting one. Glenconner is the soul of discretion about the royal family, but she is much more open about her own family. In between she was a maid of honour at the Queen’s coronation. Later on she became her lady in waiting, travelling with the princess on official duties. Anne Glenconner, who at the age of 87 has published a bestselling memoir, was a big hit this autumn on The Graham Norton Show, Loose Women and all manner of breakfast television sofas. She was a childhood friend of Princess Margaret. Glenconner grew up in a stately home in Norfolk and the royal family were close neighbours at Sandringham. From Maid of Honour at the Queens Coronation to Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret, Lady Glenconner is a unique witness to royal history as well as an. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
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