The Late Queen’s Sister
The Princess Margaret Rose
For those of us who remember, she was one of the most beautiful women in England. She was born into a privileged life which came at a price, and yet she was one of the original ‘celebrity Royals’. She was not allowed to marry the man she loved, so she married someone more ‘suitable’ only to divorce in 1978.
A rare beauty who knew how to dress, she was the Princess Margaret Rose.
On 21st August, 1930, at Glamis castle, a little Princess was born. She was fourth in line to the British throne, her father being the Duke of York. Margaret Rose was baptized in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 30th October, 1930. Margaret’s early childhood seemed quite a happy one. The family lived at 145, Piccadilly and Royal Lodge (in Windsor) and to the public they were the perfect family, with mother and father and two daughters. Margaret was educated with her older sister, Elizabeth, and they had a Scottish governess Marion Crawford. Their mother (the late Queen Mother) supervised their schooling who “never aimed at bringing her daughters up to be more than nicely behaved young ladies”. In later life, Margaret often wished she had been able to have more education, maybe even going to school, but (it is said) that their grandfather, King George V, insisted the two girls were schooled at home by a governess.
