Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown (Glenconner Anne)(Pevná vazba)

**DAILY MAIL''S ''BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS TO HELP YOU THROUGH LOCKDOWN''**''Beautifully written . . . very entertaining, very funny'' RICHARD & JUDY''It''s an astonishing story and narrated with a deceptive simplicity. There isn''t a boring sentence in the entire book''DAILY MAIL''Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn''t drop at least three times every chapter, you''ve 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''Stalwart and disarmingly honest . . . emotion resonates through this delightful memoir''THE WALL STREET JOURNAL''Discretion and honour emerge as the hallmarks of Glenconner''s 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 couldn''t put it down. Funny and touching - like looking through a keyhole at a lost world.''RUPERT EVERETT~The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen''s 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, a
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