The estate was inherited by a cousin in South Africa. My father was so disappointed that he had no sons, and I was the first great disappointment, I suppose. But I loved Holkham then and I love it now, nothing can stand in the way of that.
She herself is a character in the series and advised Bonham Carter - a cousin of her late husband Colin Tennant - who was researching her role and was keen to "nail" the princess.
Copy pictures of Lady Glenconner's Wedding. And really, before I knew it, it was written. And what a book it is. Initially faced with the prospect of reading what I assumed was just another royal memoir, I picked up Lady Anne's book with, I must confess, somewhat of a heavy heart: 10 pages in and the book and I had to be wrestled apart, it is quite simply, absolutely extraordinary. I defy anyone to read Lady In Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown without at least three gasp-out-loud moments per chapter - I drove my husband mad by insisting on reading entire chunks of the book out loud to him.
I've told everyone to read it. My eulogising about it has become almost embarrassing. A jaw-dropping memoir, it scales the heady heights and lowly depths of a life lived in the British aristocracy, with equal measures of joy, tragedy, humour and misery.
Lady Glenconner with her wedding dress that was designed by Royal designer Norman Hartnell and is now on display in the new exhibition at Holkham Hall. Indeed, column inches were devoted to the wardrobes and social lives of the six young women chosen to accompany the year-old Princess Elizabeth as she was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey on June 2, By Annabel Sampson.
Aged between 19 and 23 at the time, just a few years younger than the Queen, all girls were surprised and enthused in equal measure to receive the invitation from Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk. My mother was also asked to be a Lady-in-waiting to the Queen, so I think we were the only mother and daughter in the procession, my mother was walking just behind me.
The girls recall rehearsing day-in, day-out for weeks. Small sections of every aspect of the service were rehearsed with the Duchess of Norfolk standing in for the Queen at every rehearsal, apart from one at the palace. Food and Drink. Norfolk Live News. Published: AM September 30, You may also want to watch:. Most Read. North Norfolk News. A loyal and close friend to Princess Margaret, and a witness to her tumultuous marriage, it was Anne who introduced Princess Margaret to Roddy Llewellyn following the breakdown of her marriage to Anthony Armstrong Jones.
Anne and Colin had five children; three sons and two twin daughters. Charles and Henry tragically passed away at young ages, and her third son, Christopher, suffered a severe head injury in a motorcycle accident. Anne stepped down from her Lady in Waiting duties to be by his bedside at this time.
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