This is just one of the vignettes that Ms. Glenconner offers about the haughty, aloof culture into which she was born. Her parents—often distant, both literally and figuratively—lived some 10 miles from Sandringham, the royals’ country home, and Ms. Glenconner used to play as a child with the future Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Ms. Glenconner with Princess Margaret at Sandringham, the royals’ country home, ca. “ ‘It’s not all riding about in a coach wearing a tiara.’ ”In 1956, Ms. Glenconner married a fellow aristocrat. Princess Margaret was one of the few people who would spend time with her son after he was diagnosed with HIV.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 20, 2020 16:30 UTC