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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2021 14:44:27 GMT
www.celebitchy.com/708672/morton_princess_margaret_was_free-spirited_boundary-pushing_like_prince_harry/Morton: Princess Margaret was free-spirited & boundary-pushing, like Prince Harry April 02, 2021 By Kaiser Andrew Morton, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Royals As children, Queen Elizabeth — then a princess nicknamed “Lilibet” — and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, were famously described by their father King George VI: “Lilibet is my pride; Margaret is my joy.” The contrast between the sisters’ temperaments — dutiful Elizabeth and free-spirited Margaret — would only become more pronounced as they grew up, a theme royal biographer Andrew Morton explores in his new book, Elizabeth & Margaret: the Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters.
Yet despite their deep differences, the sisters were fiercely loyal to each other. Margaret — who died in 2002 at age 71 — “was someone who understood the Queen in a way no one else could,” Morton tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “They knew each other intimately from the day they were born. There is a unique intimacy between two siblings brought up together, brought up royal together, that is absolutely fascinating.”
There are also unique tensions, which have played out recently in the rift between Elizabeth’s grandsons Prince William, 38, and Prince Harry, 36. Although they are separated by two generations, “the parallels between William and Harry and Elizabeth and Margaret are there to be seen,” says Morton, who authored the blockbuster 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story, for which Princess Diana was later revealed to be the primary source.
“In both cases you have one sibling who pushes boundaries,” says Morton, “while the other is more cautious.”
And while both sets of siblings were popularly labeled “the heir and the spare” for their diverging roles within the monarchy, Morton points out at least one key difference.
“Harry is being far more proactive in using his name and popularity to advance causes in a way Margaret never did,” says the author. “She much preferred to be carousing until 4 in the morning.”
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2021 14:51:39 GMT
www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/princess-margaret-prince-harry-the-queenROYALS The Connection Between Prince Harry and Princess Margaret: “The Queen Knows That Being the Spare Is Hard” Andrew Morton, the author of the new biography Elizabeth & Margaret, says the Queen has been forgiving of her grandson because she sees his similarities to Princess Margaret. BY KATIE NICHOLL APRIL 1, 2021 The Queen has shown “infinite patience” towards her grandson Prince Harry because she recognizes the challenges faced by younger royal siblings, according to biographer Andrew Morton. The author of numerous royal biographies, whose latest Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters is out now, says that the Queen witnessed her younger sister Princess Margaret struggle to carve out a meaningful royal role as the second-born— and that she has learned from the lessons of the past.
“I think the Queen knows that being the spare is hard and a part of her recognizes that Harry was a sometimes a bit of a lost soul just like her sister,” Morton said. “She has always wanted to protect Harry and I think in part that’s because she watched Margaret fall victim to the system. Shutting out Margaret didn’t help and the Queen has learned from that. She didn’t want history to repeat itself with Harry.”
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2021 14:58:54 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2021 15:00:26 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/books/review/elizabeth-and-margaret-andrew-morton.htmlNONFICTION William and Harry Aren’t the First Royals to Chafe Against Their Roles Aside: Think some are drawing the wrong conclusions...I see NO connection between the two situations. None. By Michelle Ruiz Published March 15, 2021 Updated March 28, 2021 ELIZABETH AND MARGARET The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters By Andrew Morton The cover of Andrew Morton’s “Elizabeth and Margaret” resembles that of another royal biography: Craig Brown’s “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret,” which came out in 2018. Both feature glamorous black-and-white photos of bejeweled princesses; both titles are printed in ladylike pastels.
But, inside, the two books are very different. “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret” is canon — an innovative gem that tells Princess Margaret’s life story in snippets, including via limerick, haiku and an imagined announcement of her wedding to Pablo Picasso (who was rumored to have sexual fantasies about her). In “Elizabeth and Margaret,” Morton, a veteran royal biographer, offers an earnest examination of the yin-and-yang, Jackie-and-Marilyn dynamic between Queen Elizabeth and her late younger sister, Princess Margaret. The result is less deliciously inspired.
“Every generation of the House of Windsor is stalked by a shadow,” Morton writes. “The good versus the naughty royal. The rebellious extrovert versus the sensible introvert … the sun and the moon.” There’s another persistent royal binary, of course: the heir and the “spare.”
Before Wills and Harry, there were “Lilibet” and Margaret Rose. Duty-bound even as a tyke, Princess Elizabeth learned to control her bladder to endure lengthy state ceremonies without squirming. At 13, she fell for Prince Philip of Greece, a dashing sailor who impressed her with his appetite for shrimp aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert; she’s been married to him for 73 years.
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Post by india on Apr 2, 2021 15:10:36 GMT
Margaret back in the day was quite elegant and beautiful.
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Post by purple1 on Apr 3, 2021 14:07:39 GMT
Margaret back in the day was quite elegant and beautiful. But was spoilt, rude and thinks the world should surrender to her. |
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Post by india on Apr 3, 2021 19:05:31 GMT
She was raised to be entitled and rude. And she got away with it.
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Post by kueifei on Apr 3, 2021 22:56:12 GMT
She hung out with a lot of celebs and I think that the reason she did this is because more solid types would not put up with her BS. Imagine being a top level steel tycoon and putting up with her incessant rudeness. Celebs fawn over it, put up with her BS, but thankfully others do not.
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Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2021 23:06:43 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9433347/ANDREW-MORTON-Panorama-interview-changed-Queens-sister-cut-Diana-off.html#newcommentMargaret's war on Diana: 'I've always adored Margo,' the Princess once told ANDREW MORTON - but the Panorama interview changed everything. The Queen's sister cut her off and called the sea of flowers after her death 'flor@l facism' (sic) Princess Margaret encouraged the Queen to cut Diana some slack in early days Her response to what she saw as 'Diana’s betrayal' of Royal Family was extreme She sent ‘wounding’ letter accusing her of letting everyone down after interview Diana once gushed she 'always adored Margo, she has been wonderful to me' By ANDREW MORTON FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 17:00 EDT, 3 April 2021 | UPDATED: 17:04 EDT, 3 April 2021 Princess Margaret's sudden illness during a Royal visit to Paris had taken everybody by surprise.
Coughing loudly, she told aides she was too unwell to attend an official lunch where she would be guest of honour and would rest instead.
Only later did it emerge that far from being ill, Margaret had spent the day having her hair done by one of France’s most celebrated stylists before going on to a dress fitting with Dior.
For Cynthia Gladwyn, wife of the British Ambassador to France, the 29-year-old Princess’s actions had been unforgivably rude.
‘She wishes to convey that she is very much the Princess, but at the same time she is not prepared to stick to the rules if they bore or annoy her,’ she said.
It was a pattern of behaviour that had been increasingly evident following the Princess’s split from her divorced lover Peter Townsend four years earlier.
Since then, according to senior courtier Tommy Lascelles, Margaret had become ‘selfish, hard and wild’, enjoying the perks of Royalty while reluctant to embrace its responsibilities.
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Post by india on Apr 4, 2021 13:00:38 GMT
Bit of a hypocrite in my opinion.
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Post by kueifei on Apr 15, 2021 18:04:06 GMT
I think the worst thing about Margret is how she never found her niche and I find it regrettable that she was stripped of her Councilor of State status as well.
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Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2021 14:37:15 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10053979/Princess-Margaret-unpredictable-claims-artist-pal-Derek-Boshier.htmlPrincess Margaret was 'very unpredictable' and could be 'friendly with you one second and cold the next', claims artist pal Derek Boshier British artist claims he smoked marijuana joints with the Queen's sister in 1960s Boshier, 84, struck up friendship with royal through her photographer husband Portsmouth-born artist claimed that the Queen's sister's mood could be fickle By MONICA GREEP FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 04:58 EDT, 3 October 2021 | UPDATED: 05:06 EDT, 3 October 2021 Princess Margaret's behaviour could be 'very unpredictable', her artist friend Derek Boshier has claimed.
A student and friend of David Hockney, Portsmouth-born painter Boshier, 84, struck up a friendship with the royal through her photographer husband Antony Armstrong Jones, Earl of Snowdon.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Boshier claimed the Queen's sister's mood could be fickle, and that the royal could be 'friendly with you one second but cold the next'.
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Princess Margaret was known as the rebel of the Royal Family, as well as her love of booze, cigarettes and partying and a recent documentary explored the Countess' taste for 'naughtiness' and disdain for royal life.
Private Lives of the Windsors, which aired last year, claims that being the second born, Margaret was cut more slack from her parents than her older sister and future Queen, Princess Elizabeth.
Royal historian and biographer Dr Piers Brendon explained that George VI loved Margaret's 'naughtiness' and would hardly reprimand her, feeding into her taste for mischief.
'He indulged her, he was devoted to her, she was absurdly spoiled as a girl,' he said. 'It was not entirely a healthy relationship, I think he was too indulgent towards her.'
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Post by kueifei on Oct 21, 2021 11:59:41 GMT
Margaret should never have had her status as Councilor of State taken from her and I am certain that she should have been given (for life) the role of Viceroy of a few Commonwealth nations and also ended up getting the kind of education that her energetic mind deserved. She should have been treated better and after Charles and Anne were born, there was no way that she should have been denied Townsend. She was badly treated and scapegoated.
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2021 14:54:17 GMT
Margaret should never have had her status as Councilor of State taken from her and I am certain that she should have been given (for life) the role of Viceroy of a few Commonwealth nations and also ended up getting the kind of education that her energetic mind deserved. She should have been treated better and after Charles and Anne were born, there was no way that she should have been denied Townsend. She was badly treated and scapegoated. Quite ironic that some princesses weren't able to marry honourable, decent and respectable servicemen in some royal houses without having to jump through constitutional and other hoops, yet in modern day times we have women who shacked up with drug dealers, who stalked princes at Australian bars and of course, London ones, flashed their vulvas and lived as party gals, and oh, whose own family members were intricately involved/associated with war crimes/murderous regimes, etc, etc, etc, who got no flack or experienced ANY real problems, whatsoever. If I were Princess Margaret and some others , I'm be mighty upset that somebody didn't take the "trash" out. Figuratively, of course.  At least one said something - openly. Good for her.  www.nettavisen.no/princess-outburst-causes-turmoil/s/12-95-184547Princess' outburst causes turmoilPrincess Ragnhilds expressed her dissatisfaction with the Norwegian Crown Princess and his sister in a TV 2 documentary aired Monday. Norwegian politicians and royal experts said she should have kept her mouth shut. View the documentary here.
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Carin Pettersson“Statements like that are better suited at home at a private Christmas party with the Royal Family than in a program like that,” said Kjell Engebretsen, Labor party representative and member of the Stortinget’s control and constitution committee, to the Norwegian paper VG.
In the documentary “Princess in exile” aired on TV 2, Princess Ragnhild said she hopes she dies before her brother King Harald so she never has to experience the Crown Prince couple on the Norwegian Throne.
Engebretsen claim the Princess’ resentful statements are a family matter, and he does not think her statements will have any consequences for Stortinget or the Norwegian Royal House.
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According to Lars O. Gulbrandsen, author of the book “Prinsesse Ragnhild. Mitt liv som kongsdatter” (My life the king’s daughter) and editor in chief in the magazine Se og Hør, Princess Ragnhild’s statements regarding the Crown Prince and his sister must be viewed in light of the strict requirements she was suppressed to as a young woman.
Poor advisors
In the documentary Princess Ragnhild commented on Crown Prince Haakon’s and Princess Märtha Louise’s choice of partners.
“I’m not too thrilled for whom these two children married, but it is none of my business,” the Princess said. “They are not my children. I think they have had poor advisors. They may not have poor advisors today, but they in the past.”
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Post by kueifei on Oct 21, 2021 21:43:04 GMT
Princess Ragnhild was right. Mette-Marit was trash and is now trash with a title; she started jet setting all over the place and basically has had numerous affairs. She (Mette) won the lotto, but her innate set personality hadn't changed. Her own son Marius went to Los Angeles and partied instead of studying and quite honestly, those two consorts have brought nothing but trouble.
Quite ironic that some princesses weren't able to marry honourable, decent and respectable servicemen in some royal houses without having to jump through constitutional and other hoops, yet in modern day times we have women who shacked up with drug dealers, who stalked princes at Australian bars and of course, London ones, flashed their vulvas and lived as party gals, and oh, whose own family members were intricately involved/associated with war crimes/murderous regimes, etc, etc, etc, who got no flack or experienced ANY real problems, whatsoever.
The royals of HM's and Margaret's eras were not practical or realistic. Their grand imperial idea of what a proper consort would make is something that is impossible for most to live up to. The ones that can, could do better with someone who would treat them better.
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2021 21:52:56 GMT
Princess Ragnhild was right. Mette-Marit was trash and is now trash with a title; she started jet setting all over the place and basically has had numerous affairs. She (Mette) won the lotto, but her innate set personality hadn't changed. Her own son Marius went to Los Angeles and partied instead of studying and quite honestly, those two consorts have brought nothing but trouble. Quite ironic that some princesses weren't able to marry honourable, decent and respectable servicemen in some royal houses without having to jump through constitutional and other hoops, yet in modern day times we have women who shacked up with drug dealers, who stalked princes at Australian bars and of course, London ones, flashed their vulvas and lived as party gals, and oh, whose own family members were intricately involved/associated with war crimes/murderous regimes, etc, etc, etc, who got no flack or experienced ANY real problems, whatsoever.
The royals of HM's and Margaret's eras were not practical or realistic. Their grand imperial idea of what a proper consort would make is something that is impossible for most to live up to. The ones that can, could do better with someone who would treat them better.
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Post by kueifei on Oct 22, 2021 1:23:42 GMT
I sincerely believe that if Margaret had been able to marry Townsend, it would have moved the BRF away from being media obsessed to being more respectable. Townsend would have provided Margaret with stability, security, and he would not have felt that he was being overshadowed. I mean really, her first husband Lord Snowdon just used her and quite frankly, Townsend with his military background would have completely been comfortable with being 'in place' rather than being neurotic about being 'seen as more' than a consort of a princess. Royal history is loaded with divorce and is certainly at a point where it's not a horrific scandal that tears peace treaties and trade deals apart. It's this grandeur that is out of line and out of proportion to the cold hard facts that royals are no longer tops. If Margaret had married Townsend the marriage would have lasted and I am certain that Townsend would not have felt insecure or like some victim despite the advantages to being married to a royal princess.
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Post by india on Oct 22, 2021 21:16:09 GMT
I sincerely believe that if Margaret had been able to marry Townsend, it would have moved the BRF away from being media obsessed to being more respectable. Townsend would have provided Margaret with stability, security, and he would not have felt that he was being overshadowed. I mean really, her first husband Lord Snowdon just used her and quite frankly, Townsend with his military background would have completely been comfortable with being 'in place' rather than being neurotic about being 'seen as more' than a consort of a princess. Royal history is loaded with divorce and is certainly at a point where it's not a horrific scandal that tears peace treaties and trade deals apart. It's this grandeur that is out of line and out of proportion to the cold hard facts that royals are no longer tops. If Margaret had married Townsend the marriage would have lasted and I am certain that Townsend would not have felt insecure or like some victim despite the advantages to being married to a royal princess. And the children of a union with Townsend would have been a lot better looking. |
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Post by kueifei on Oct 22, 2021 22:43:27 GMT
I sincerely believe that if Margaret had been able to marry Townsend, it would have moved the BRF away from being media obsessed to being more respectable. Townsend would have provided Margaret with stability, security, and he would not have felt that he was being overshadowed. I mean really, her first husband Lord Snowdon just used her and quite frankly, Townsend with his military background would have completely been comfortable with being 'in place' rather than being neurotic about being 'seen as more' than a consort of a princess. Royal history is loaded with divorce and is certainly at a point where it's not a horrific scandal that tears peace treaties and trade deals apart. It's this grandeur that is out of line and out of proportion to the cold hard facts that royals are no longer tops. If Margaret had married Townsend the marriage would have lasted and I am certain that Townsend would not have felt insecure or like some victim despite the advantages to being married to a royal princess. And the children of a union with Townsend would have been a lot better looking.
And a title would not have caused Townsend to flip; as a military type, he was used to rank/status and would have likely handled the upward move with more class and far more ease than Snowdon who from all accounts, became acrimonious after getting the title and so on and so forth. I also believe that the discipline of royal life (routine, rank, a life of being 'on point' and not idling around) was troublesome to Snowdon since as a bonhomie type he likely couldn't cope with the fact that royals are always supposed to be on and stay on track, not bug off on whim or always 'need' attention to the point of acting out. Snowdon KNEW what royal life would require and then he suddenly flips on her as if he hadn't known that way of life. His own mother was the Countess of Rosse for heaven's sake!
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 23:24:18 GMT
I sincerely believe that if Margaret had been able to marry Townsend, it would have moved the BRF away from being media obsessed to being more respectable. Townsend would have provided Margaret with stability, security, and he would not have felt that he was being overshadowed. I mean really, her first husband Lord Snowdon just used her and quite frankly, Townsend with his military background would have completely been comfortable with being 'in place' rather than being neurotic about being 'seen as more' than a consort of a princess. Royal history is loaded with divorce and is certainly at a point where it's not a horrific scandal that tears peace treaties and trade deals apart. It's this grandeur that is out of line and out of proportion to the cold hard facts that royals are no longer tops. If Margaret had married Townsend the marriage would have lasted and I am certain that Townsend would not have felt insecure or like some victim despite the advantages to being married to a royal princess. And the children of a union with Townsend would have been a lot better looking. True, lol. Have you seen pictures of Margaret's grandsons? Holy Dina.   |
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tale BS.
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