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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Five: La Casa de Sue

Posted in PEOPLE, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Readers, be sure to read my preceding posts on Princess Margaret’s October 1979 Trip to America. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Four The 1970s era Hollywood super agent Sue Mengers was only interested in representing the top talent in the industry. Her“bulging celebrity contacts book” included Barbra Streisand, Jack Nicholson, Mike Nichols, Ali […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979: Part Four: Irish Stew

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Governor Jerry Brown, LInda Ronstadt, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, Sue Mengers, tagged , , , , , , on July 20, 2020| 4 Comments »

Readers, be sure to read my preceding posts on Princess Margaret’s October 1979 trip to America. Part One. Part Two. Part Three.  Princess Margaret was in America. On Monday, Oct. 15, 1979, Princess Margaret (1926-2001) departed Chicago and arrived in Houston, the second stop on her 1979 U.S. tour. She was in America to raise […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Three: The Jig is Up

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, Mayor Jane Byrne, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 16, 2020| 4 Comments »

READERS: Before reading this post, please read Parts One and Two of Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979. On October 11, 1979, Princess Margaret (1926-2001) and her entourage landed in Chicago to begin her tour of America to raise funds for the renovation of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London. As President of […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Two: Lord Louis Mountbatten

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Margaret Thatcher, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 13, 2020| 5 Comments »

First, please be sure you have read this post: “Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part One” It was August in 1979, a time when almost every Briton took a holiday to some faraway family home or destination. Queen Elizabeth II loved to go to Balmoral Castle in Scotland. This year, as in many years, […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part One

Posted in Anthony Armstrong-Jones, British Royal Family/Nobles, Margaret Thatcher, PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2020| 7 Comments »

Hopes ran high for Princess Margaret of Great Britain‘s October 1979 fundraising tour in America. The cause was the London‘s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, a centerpiece of world opera and ballet. By 1979, backstage conditions at the 120-year-old building had become “rather grotty” said the Princess’ 30-year-old nephew, Prince Charles, and terribly cramped. […]

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Princess Margaret: Drama Queen

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, French Royalty, King George VI, Marcel Marceau, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Marie Antoinette, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2020| 3 Comments »

From a very young age, Princess Margaret of Britain (1930-2001) loved to dress up in costumes, act, sing, and dance—and she had real talent. At the age of nine months, for example, she had astounded her grandmother with her gift for music, by humming the waltz from “The Merry Widow.” Her enchantment with the magical […]

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How Princess Margaret Met Roddy Llewellyn

Posted in ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, & DESIGN, British Royal Family/Nobles, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , on May 6, 2020| 1 Comment »

Lady Anne Glenconner served as Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret from 1971 until Margaret’s death in 2002. Her husband, Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, was a member of the “Margaret Set,” a group of close friends of the Princess, almost entirely male, and completely wild. Lord Glenconner was once considered a possible husband for the […]

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Princess Margaret and Her Guttersnipe Life

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Mick Jagger, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2020| 11 Comments »

It was a summer day in 1980 when biographer Christopher Warwick first visited Princess Margaret in her home: The first time I had lunch with her, we were just the two of us sitting in the dining room, having lunch at Kensington Palace, the house that William and Kate now live in.” It would be […]

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Princess Diana: The Daydream of Love

Posted in Barbara Cartland, British Royal Family/Nobles, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2014| 1 Comment »

Princess Diana (1961-1997) loved to read romantic fiction. She devoured novels by British author Barbara Cartland, of which there was an endless and steady supply. In her lifetime, Cartland (1901-2000) is credited with having written 723 books. In 1983 alone, she wrote 23 of them. She holds The Guinness Book of World Records for writing the most books in a […]

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The Royal Wedding: What Do We Call Kate Middleton Now?

Posted in Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2011| 6 Comments »

On April 29, 2011 at 8 a.m., the day Prince William of Wales married Kate Middleton, officials at Buckingham Palace announced that, in accordance with royal tradition and on recognition of the day by Queen Elizabeth, William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus. The Queen gave Kate a new princess title: Her […]

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How Much Do You Know About the Royal Family?

Posted in Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, King George VI, PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2011| 3 Comments »

What’s Prince Philip’s favorite drink? Check out our quiz to see how much you know about the Royal Family: 1. In which battle did George VI fight? A. The First Battle of Ypres B. The Battle of Loos C. The Battle of Jutland D. The Battle of Tumbledown 2. What was the name of the […]

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John Lennon: A Saucy Fellow

Posted in Beatles, the, PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 21, 2009| 6 Comments »

Beatle John Lennon (1940-1980) had a witty sense of humor. During live performances of “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” Lennon often changed the words to “I want to hold your gland,” because of the difficulty hearing the vocals above the noise of screaming audiences in the grip of Beatlemania. At the Royal Variety Show in 1963—in […]

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Queen Elizabeth’s Grandmother Had the “Gimmies”

Posted in PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary (of Teck), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2009| 44 Comments »

Queen Mary was Queen Elizabeth’s grandmother. She was married to George V. George V was the father of Queen Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, who preceded Queen Elizabeth on the throne. Queen Mary got it wrong. One is supposed to “love people and use things.” She did the very opposite. Mary loved things and used people. The Queen […]

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The King’s Speech: The Gate of the Year 1939

Posted in Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, King George V, King George VI, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 31, 2012| 9 Comments »

It was Christmas, 1939, and Great Britain was at war with Nazi Germany. Like his father before him, King George VI would continue the holiday tradition of addressing the British Empire in a live radio message. That year, he would broadcast from the royal country house at Sandringham, where he and his family would spend Christmas. […]

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Prince Philip’s Mum Had a Habit

Posted in King George V, King George VI, PEOPLE, Prince Andrew and Princess Alice of Greece & Denmark, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2010| 95 Comments »

Prince Philip of England’s upbringing was far from normal. He was born June 10, 1921, on a kitchen table on the Greek island of Corfu in a house that had no electricity, hot water, or indoor plumbing. The only son and fifth and final child of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was christened Prince […]

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