Anne Glenconner
Author of Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
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Glenconner, Anne Veronica Tennant Baroness - Birthdate
- 1932-07-16
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- UK
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lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1971-2002) - Agent
- Wise, Gordon
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Anne Glenconner is a member of an aristocratic family, and as a child she lived close enough to Sandringham that the young Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, were her early playmates. Anne was especially close to Princess Margaret, and the pair of them were best friends until Margaret's death. She was also one of Margaret's Ladies-in-Waiting.
Anne married Colin Tennant, another aristocrat, who was fabulously rich. He was also enormously unfaithful, had a dreadful temper, and was so thin-skinned that he threw public temper tantrums, curling up in the fetal position while out in public, and screaming at the Royal Opera House. He did have a good head for business, and Mustique, the Caribbean Island where the fabulously wealthy vacation, was Colin's island, which he transformed from bush and scrub into a paradise. Anne may have had 54 years with him, personally I don't think I could manage a weekend with him, although he was known for great charm and fabulous parties.
Anne's life had some tragedies, including the deaths of two of her three sons at far too early an age. When Colin died, he left all his fortune to an employee, and it took years for the will to be overturned. On the other hand, she was one of Queen Elizabeth II's attendants at her coronation, and travelled widely, including twenty-six trips to India.
If you are already familiar with the Royal house, you'll enjoy this book. It may be a bit too obscure for those without knowledge about the main Royal players.
Definitely a new favourite book.… (more)