![]() Tennant gifted Princess Margaret a plot of land and then built her a house. Her husband, Lord Glenconner Colin Tennant, is famed for purchasing the island of Mustique for £45,000 and making the island their home. She was a Lady in Waiting for Princess Margaret for over 30 years. She was childhood friends with the Queen and her sister and was one of the maids of honour at the Queen’s coronation. There are many references to the Royal Family and some interesting insights into their lives. Most notable, as the eldest child, she could not inherit the family estate of Holkham. Locked into a male-dominated existence, she suffered because of her sex. Together they made plans to kill Hitler, convinced that Hitler would want to take their family estate of Holkham. With the outbreak of World War 2, Glenconner was dispatched to Scotland along with her sister. They left their two young daughters in the care of Nannies. Glenconnor’s parents worked overseas, travelled and socialised. Glenconner, the eldest child of the 5 th Earl of Leicester, had what would seem an idyllic childhood. An autobiography of Lady Anne Glenconner. ![]() With the Queens Jubilee only days behind us. ![]()
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