Описание: **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
Astonishing
INDIA KNIGHT, SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
Remarkable . . .
If your jaw doesnt drop at least three times every chapter, youve 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
Discretion and honour emerge as the hallmarks of Glenconners 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 couldnt put it down. Funny and touching - like looking through a keyhole at a lost world.
RUPERT EVERETT
Lady Glenconners life story is a combination of royal magic, personal tragedy and resilient survival
TINA BROWN
Its a total hoot - I cant put it down
JANET STREET-PORTER, DAILY MAIL
Marvellous book . .
. ones eyes were on stalks
JAN MOIR, DAILY MAIL
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The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queens 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 Queens 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 Glenconners 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.