The Princess Who Nearly Destroyed The Monarchy

Princess Margaret might have grown up in the shadow of her older sister Queen Elizabeth II, but she didn’t stay that way. By the time she was a teenager, the young, beautiful, and fashionable princess was the talk of the town…and not for the right reasons. From her scandalous bedroom tastes to her tragic end, Margaret’s life was far from a fairy tale.
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[@Factinate]

Who should we cover next? Share your suggestions in the comments below! 👇👇👇

[@DavidDatura]

After Margaret and Diana, are there really any interesting Royals of the modern era? There’s Harry I suppose. But I don’t like him very much 🤷‍♂️

[@Dontwlookatthis]

@@DavidDatura I agree, Harry has caused a lot of problems by photos of him running around completely naked at a party and dressing up as a Nazi, but the biggest scandal was the way that he never saw combat as a helicopter "pilot" and was kept away from any fighting, with the exception of him going along with a medical helicopter to pick up wounded civilians. He was hailed in the British press as being a war hero. I think that Harry and his scandals including his actual war record would be a good, salacious story.

[@damienfire]

Harry if you can tell not what we know but all the things the Palace has covered up for him

[@exdus235]

WHOM should we cover next. WHOM please.

[@takohamoolsen2486]

Prince Henry of Gloucester Anything interesting about him?

[@missourigal]

it never ends well for spoiled children...don't know why parents don't get that...but then many parents care more about being 'friends' with their children than guardians and role models. what a sad life.

[@m.walker7907]

That is true. My daughters R friend's with their children.They all have no structure,no manners,Sad. While they had proper up bringing..Not parent's, just friends with their kids.

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

No matter how wealthy, a life without purpose is a tragedy.

[@diannapenny5990]

So true! Just having money, luxury, and all the physical comforts are not nearly enough to make one's life meaningful. Not even close. I grew up with challenges and I would not change a thing.

[@giraffeyvolty8364]

She had a purpose but was a selfish self centered person who couldn'be bothered

[@Furienna]

@@giraffeyvolty8364 What purpose did Margaret have?

[@SaxonC]

She was extremely rude at a the Hollywood party, at the Beverly Hills Hotel. At the party, she sent a message across the room that she would like Judy Garland to sing and it didn’t sit well with Garland. She was appalled by trivializing her talent and lordly tone. “Go tell that rude little princess that we’ve known each other long enough and gabbed in the ladies’ room that she should skip the ho-hum royal routine and just pop over over and ask me herself.” Said Garland. “Tell her that I’ll sing, if she christens a ship first.” 😂

[@diannapenny5990]

Unhappy people are often rude people. Margaret was deprived of the true love of her life. After that, you can forget the rest. Her life was basically over.

[@MadgeGreen]

​@@diannapenny5990She wasn't deprived of it, she chose her status and money over her love for him.

[@heatheryearwood9199]

We all can be rude..some of us more often than not. She is dead now, may she RIP.

[@joannecantril1585]

L

[@heatheryearwood9199]

Probably used peoples outstreched hands as ashtrays also...

[@lawrieflowers8314]

Aged 45, the princess found herself in the lions’ den, placed between Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams at Vidal’s lavish 50th birthday party in 1975 at Mark’s Club in Mayfair. Conversation between Williams and Princess Margaret got off to a sticky start. “I’m afraid we can’t talk to each other, Ma’am,” he said, “because we live in such different worlds”. “What world do you live in?” asked the princess. “Are you acquainted with the opera La Bohème, Ma’am? That’s my world.” As it happened, Williams’s suspicion was spot on: a few years before, the princess had confided to Cecil Beaton that she “loathed” plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire. “I hate squalor! Tennessee Williams makes me feel ill!” We know all this because Beaton jotted the conversation down in his diaries, and Williams jotted it down too, and so did Tynan, and so too did Tynan’s former wife Elaine Dundy and so did the birthday boy himself, Vidal. And, the moment her back was turned, one can imagine them imitating her squeaky, high-pitched voice. Someone who was an occasional guest at these soirees told me that the assembled bohemians - actors, writers, artists, musicians - would kowtow to her royal highness while she was present and then make fun of her the moment she left, mimicking her general ignorance, her cackhanded opinions, her lofty put-downs, her absurd air of entitlement. The presence of the princess would endow a party with grandeur; her departure would be the signal for mimicry to commence. Beside these laughing sophisticates, the princess could sometimes appear an innocent. Cecil Beaton referred to her as 'the poor midgety brute' and 'a little pocket monster' Over in France, the most celebrated artist in the world was nursing a tendresse for the young princess. It was in the early 1950s that Pablo Picasso first began to have erotic dreams about her. Not only was she as royal as can be, but she was also his physical type: shorter than him (he was five foot four inches, so would tower over her) with beautiful skin and, he noted approvingly, good strong teeth. Occasionally, he would throw her elder sister into the mix. “If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies, they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!” Picasso confided to his friend Roland Penrose. In one way or another, the princess’s encounters with artists never quite went according to plan, perhaps because, when push came to shove, each side would refuse to kowtow to the other. They all follow the same arc: the princess arrives late, delaying dinner to catch up with her punishing schedule of drinking and smoking. Once at the table, she grows more and more relaxed. By midnight, it dawns on the rest of them that she is in it for the long haul, which means that they will be too, since protocol dictates that no one can leave before she does. Then, just as everyone else is growing more chatty and carefree, the princess abruptly remounts her high horse and upbraids a hapless guest for overfamiliarity. “When you say my sister, I imagine you are referring to her majesty the Queen?” In 1970, the film producer Robert Evans flew to London to attend the Royal Command Performance of his film Love Story, in the presence of the Queen Mother. He was later to recall their brief encounter: “All of us stood in a receiving line as Lord Somebody introduced us, one by one, to Her Majesty and her younger daughter. It was a hell of a thrill, abruptly ending when the lovely princess shook my hand. “Tony saw Love Story in New York - hated it.” “Fuck you too,” I said to myself, smiling back.

[@drottercat]

Quite a piece you wrote here. Very interesting.

[@jstokes]

Outstanding comment.

[@nickp4961]

Greatly enjoyed your comment. Thank you for sharing this.

[@meghan3713]

Who was tony???

[@georgiabelle5176]

@@meghan3713her husband

[@VikingFrog]

I think a lot of effort should be spent on preparing the "heir" in line...but maybe even more effort should be spent on "the spare", to make sure they can make a life for themselves with purpose. Too many spares in history have led aimless lives without any real career or guiding light.

[@ed9763]

Actually in my opinion the succession system in the UK is a bit harsh where the line of the eldest son or daughter succeed to the throne and all the other sons and daughters are left out (vertical succession). In Saudi Arabia for instance the eldest son succeed when the father dies then the second son when the first son die and so goes on till all the sons succeed each other then when the line of the sons is completed the succession starts again with eldest son's lineage and thus goes till all the sons and their sons have had access to the throne (horizontal succession).

[@Lana-dw6pp]

@@YmustTh3w0rldG0r0und Anne wasn't the spare. Prince Andrew was and we see what has happened to him.

[@tracesprite6078]

People should be elected by the people to the position of monarch and not have their whole life hijacked by being a spare royal.

[@yuglesstube]

I don't agree. Look at Andrew, for instance... Sound judgement, a sunny disposition and an excellent communicator.

[@tracesprite6078]

@@yuglesstube Of course, you are joking!!!

[@glendaeden2501]

I don’t feel sorry for Margaret. She obviously valued the wealth and entitlements being a member of the royal family offered her over her “love” for Townsend.

[@diannapenny5990]

I'm sure she valued the advantages of being royal, but it didn't make her happy. I wish she could have found the strength and resolve to give it all up and marry the man she loved instead of living a privileged but meaningless life.

[@tracesprite6078]

I wish all royals had the self-respect to walk away from being prisoners of privilege.

[@glen7318]

@@tracesprite6078 so who would be head of state then?

[@tracesprite6078]

@@glen7318 Hi Glen, is it really necessary to have a head of state? When politicians visit a nation, they don't really want to have to waste time chatting to a head of state who has no real political power. They want to meet the Prime Minister and exchange views with her or him. The Americans have their President who is both the top political leader and also a head of state. I think the presidency is over-hyped but it works fairly OK. In addition, I think it is quite cruel to have a bunch of humans who are effectively forced into the role of being photographed and commented on for their entire lives. They are under massive pressure to conform to the expectations of others. It's a form of slavery because they are not allowed to choose their own vocation in the way that you or I are able to do. All those silly costumes and excessive jewels indicate just how out-of-date this custom is.

[@janeceeastwood8035]

Mystique wasn’t Princess Margaret’s private island. It was purchased and owned by Lord Glen-Connor, who built Princess Margaret her house on that island.

[@puppetguy8726]

It being her "private island" doesn't necessarily mean she owned it.

[@pmc8119]

Mustiquè

[@helenkaye2662]

Mustique!

[@helenkaye2662]

Sad end to a privileged life.

[@helenkaye2662]

@@pmc8119 Mustique

[@Nancy-fo7lc]

They can be very proud of how their children turned out despite their family troubles. Our Queen kept very close to them after their Mom passed away.

[@christinecodling3586]

But they were grown up when she passed Just PR to say the Queen was there for them. She might have invited them to family gatherings, but supportive is a strong word

[@run4cmt]

@@christinecodling3586 apparently Lady Sarah Chatto was close to the queen and to King Charles. She is an artist and has that in common with the King. Both she and her brother were invited to Balmoral every year

[@carlycharlesworth1497]

She was rich but led a pointless life in the end. I feel immense sympathy and compassion for her. Money and titles are not everything in life. Love, real love, and happiness are more important. She sadly didn't have enough of either it seems.

[@darlamartin8486]

Well said.

[@CrimsonSunFlower]

Sadly.. love doesn't pay the bills

[@nadineg.overton4844]

I have little respect for their Queen, you denied your Sister then gave Charles a privilege denied her and she is a person of no self respect.

[@MC-rw3lc]

And she couldn't chose love? She chose royal money and lifestyle. Self-indulgent, snobbish and egotistical. It killed her ultimately.

[@wordwordful]

She should have married Peter Townsend.

[@user-zi7te7ix8s]

I don't feel sorry for her at all. She had the opportunity of a lifetime to do something great.....but she didn't.

[@sharonmorgan7630]

Agree , just an egotistical, narcissistic waste of air .

[@Furienna]

It is really almost like a tradition within the Windsor family to have this dynamic within every generation: One sibling who has to be responsible one and take on all the duties and one who seems to cause nothing but scandals. That goes all the way back to Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert, who had to do better than his philandering older brother Ernst. But we can see how George V and George VI also both had to step up when their scandalous older brothers (Albert Victor and Edward VIII) couldn't. Margaret was only following a pattern, that her family had already gone through for a long time when she was born. As a spare to her responsible older sister Elizabeth, she just ended up in the "scandalous sibling" role. But I should point out that their father did have an affair with at least one married woman before he got married and became the responsible brother. Also, while George VI was the king that the UK needed during the WWII, he did smoke himself to an early grave, which he would pass down to Margaret. It is now clear that Andrew ended up as the "scandalous sibling" among Elizabeth II's four children. Harry is partly this too as he left the duties to his brother William, but I don't see him as scandalous in the same way as many of his relatives were...

[@claudiacornelious7282]

She was jealous over nothing

[@susanponce5847]

​@@Furienna😊😊

[@sandrashea1732]

Agree like most spares

[@adrianthomas6667]

I feel most sorry for her children. Any photo of them shows two miserably unhappy kids. Townsend could have been a steadying influence on her but money talks!

[@935kgazza]

I’m met Sarah and she’s a lovely down to earth happy lady

[@lorsm8574]

My favourite narrator! I love the Scottish accent and personality 🙂

[@Factinate]

Thanks for the love!

[@georgiabelle5176]

Me too 😊

[@gwendolynsmith9532]

Me, three!

[@pamelagibson7285]

She didn't have a Scottish accent

[@dlloydy5356]

Sounds like a familiar story. Massively spoiled 2nd children doing whatever they want without any recourse...

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

Yes, Andrew follows in this path too.

[@Furienna]

It is hardly somebody's fault what family they are born into though.

[@diannapenny5990]

I think that unfortunately, many royal second children are "spoiled" as a substitute for being properly educated and allowed to pursue a meaningful life of their own. No matter what talents or other attributes these may or may not possess as individuals, they are forced to play "second banana" to the heir for the rest of their lives. In the case of William and Harry, I can't help feeling that from childhood up, the older brother has never really let the 2nd-born forget their respective "places" in life and the general scheme of things, as subtle as this may or may not have been. I'm not at all surprised that the younger one has rebelled. It feels like an adult version of sibling rivalry that is many centuries old, dating back to Old Testament times. The oldest of human conflicts is between siblings, especially when a system of primogeniture is involved.

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

@@diannapenny5990 Very good, insightful comment.

[@user-ke4te2xe1w]

Harry is the second child. The never ending whining and lying.😅😅😅

[@barefootcontessa3112]

She might have been happier if she hadn’t been so spiteful and such a snob, she looked down on everyone and was notorious for being rude and unbearable to be around.

[@Swelte]

I loved this story and narrator. Thank you!

[@julie-annegreen6840]

Do you know who the narrator is

[@f.e.mccole8094]

Princess Margaret insisted she be addressed as Your Royal Highness. Hardly someone against the monarchy.

[@MariaGazda]

Wake up. It fed her entitled ego, 'lording' it over 'the little people', gave her wealth, prestige etc etc! Of course she was not against the monarchy! It Gave Her Power out in the World...when she did not have the power to be the queen in her family! And she Used People and her power to demean others and live a lavish life of debauchery! poor little hard done by princess...I MEAN your royyall high-ness. Instead of doing something useful and making some kind of altruistic contribution to the world with her wealth and status she killed herself with booze, partying, sex, cigarettes. Just a reality check here. She could have done great things and made a difference. Hope I wasn't too harsh.

[@deechapman4474]

Sounds like Harry

[@maureennewman905]

Desperately lonely , hmmm Margaret made her own life , yet criticised Diana

[@Ann65.]

Robert Douglas Home …. The Surname is pronounced Hughm/Hugh-em. Also, wasn’t Margaret simply given a property and land on Mustique by Colin Tennant and his wife? I don’t believe that Mustique was HER Island? I often wonder how Margaret managed to scald her feet in the bath. A maid would have drawn the bath, ensuring the water temperature was appropriate. Margaret was a very unpleasant snob - very much like her own mother!

[@user-fl3im1qy2o]

I feel that she didn’t concentrate on her life. She had an empty life but that was her own choice. Narcissistic people always portray themselves as victims.

[@Furienna]

It is really almost like a tradition within the Windsor family to have this dynamic within every generation: One sibling who has to be responsible one and take on all the duties and one who seems to cause nothing but scandals. That goes all the way back to Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert, who had to do better than his philandering older brother Ernst. But we can see how George V and George VI also both had to step up when their scandalous older brothers (Albert Victor and Edward VIII) couldn't. Margaret was only following a pattern, that her family had already gone through for a long time when she was born. As a spare to her responsible older sister Elizabeth, she just ended up in the "scandalous sibling" role. But I should point out that their father did have an affair with at least one married woman before he got married and became the responsible brother. Also, while George VI was the king that the UK needed during the WWII, he did smoke himself to an early grave, which he would pass down to Margaret. It is now clear that Andrew ended up as the "scandalous sibling" among Elizabeth II's four children. Harry is partly this too as he left the duties to his brother William, but I don't see him as scandalous in the same way as many of his relatives were...

[@frname7665]

@@Furienna I think throwing the entire family under the bus and causing worldwide press titles for years on end was arguably much more scandalous than anything Margaret ever did lol. That's not even mentioning getting into fights and being found drugged and drunk all over the place back in the days.

[@Furienna]

@@frname7665 I guess I have to confess that I don't know everything that Harry said about his family. But I doubt that it was all untrue. And about him getting into fights and drinking in his youth, it is in the past...

[@frname7665]

@@Furienna Not all was untrue probably, but all was unfair or so heavily biased or the product of such entitlement that making it public with the other side unable to respond truly was vile

[@diannapenny5990]

What life did she have? She was denied a better education even when she asked for it.

[@goombabear]

"We thank thee Lord who by thy spirit doth our faith restore When we with worldly things commune & prayerless close our door We lose our precious gift divine to worship and adore Then thou our Saviour, fill our hearts to love thee evermore." Princess Margaret wrote the above quote and it is her epitaph. She seemed to make her peace with God in the end.

[@plantsoverpills1643]

Her unsympathetic attitude toward Princess Diana is what comes to mind when considering all her own infidelities.

[@elizabethwoolnough4358]

She was vile to Sarah Ferguson too, upbraiding her for having sent her flowers! Whatever Sarah did, Margaret had done the same or worse - she was no better than Sarah.

[@pbohearn]

She did like that rogue with the cocktail trick. Rumor has it he was extremely well endowed. He arrived to the island with his girlfriend, but when Margaret invited him into her house, the girlfriend had little to say at that point. I’m not sure if they ever returned to the party.

[@joeyjamison5772]

I remember her insulting Mayor Jane Byrne of Chicago in 1979 with an incredibly thoughtless comment. Princess Margaret will only be remembered as being stupid.

[@IslandGirl-nt6ry]

Any Crown watchers here? The episode where Margaret proves two female relatives from the RF were put away in horrific mental institutions and declared dead on paper. She and another family member found them in horrible condition. They had been born with mental deficiencies. She flew into a rage with the family upon this discovery. I think she felt a sort of kinship with their plight---what to do with the ones that are "different".

[@user-us5pv8zw3z]

Helena Bonham Carter was so good as Margaret.

[@jklmnoqr]

I highly doubt that Margaret 'mindlessly' picked lint off Townsend's jacket. She was no dummy and probably had her own little plan..........

[@kc8ueu]

I've always felt a connection with Princess Margaret; I wasn't named after her but we do share a name. Always felt kinda sorry for her too; being "the Spare" can't be easy (can you hear me, Prince Harry?). Poor lady, she made bad choices and had bad choices made FOR her. Rest in Peace, your Highness, I think you've earned it.

[@barbaramelone1043]

​@@CanadianEmpressGood thing he hasn't been for a long time, then.

[@barbaramelone1043]

@CanadianEmpress Why are you worried about what the press says? And I'm sure Catherine, Princess of Wales will back to royal duties when it was said that she would. She's recovering from surgery just as the public was informed.

[@nolaparker9574]

@@CanadianEmpress He is a grifter.

[@heatherstephens9295]

@@CanadianEmpress😂😂😂 What have you been smoking? Are you one of MMs bots?

[@RavenSiren]

​@@CanadianEmpress uh oh! One of the brain dead Sussex squadies has landed. 😂

[@ThomasOutt]

Moot point, & strictly my opinion: but I have long believed that Princess Margaret would have benefited greatly from higher education & could have served the Monarchy & the Commonwealth as an educated Governor-General over Canada or Australia or New Zealand. This sort of plan would have given her time to mature & achieve an identity & role appropriate to her background.

[@22Too]

It's not just formal education that Margaret lacked. She had no judgment or any sense of duty, beyond pleasing herself.

[@user-ev4ie2wx7k]

Doubt she would have wanted to!

[@flangekiwi]

Kiwi here: no thanks.

[@johntuohy2407]

What has Canada, Australia ever done to you. NZ would have been perfect. Their expectations in life are low

[@lynnnad5268]

Apparently, she had very little schooling since the focus was on educating the future Queen & they expected PMargaret didn't need an education if she just made a good marriage. And it was one of her regrets later in life that she didn't have much of an education. As told to a biographer.

[@jennifer97363]

‘Lady in Waiting ‘ by good friend and Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Anne Glenconnor, shows a completely different side of Margaret: unfussy, down-to-earth, practical, a problem-solver, happy to live on Mustique in the early days with no running water. Interesting read!

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

She was spoiled rotten and acted like a brat.

[@diannapenny5990]

...sounds like an unhappy person who felt deprived in spite of being royal and rich.

[@lynnrobinson8885]

I recognize your voice from a few things you’ve done, and I enjoyed the pieces. I’m not sure who you do next, but I would appreciate whatever you come up with. I enjoyed your style of just commenting on the lives straightforwardly ! Thank you, again ! Looking forward to more!

[@gillsangelicgoblins7056]

It seems, many royals are troubled, not just Princess Margaret.

[@exdus235]

As always, love this narrator and his easy video presentation.

[@rafaellewis4528]

Royal or not, these people are human- with every human frailty as everyone else.

[@dianalyncollins]

Then they should act more human instead of being placed on a pedal like they're better than everyone else and they don't make any mistakes

[@Furienna]

@@dianalyncollins But how can that happen when they don't live like ordinary people?

[@tracesprite6078]

I admire Harry for walking away from the royal circus. I wish that William would rescue his family and leave, too. His children just hate the media who killed their grandmother but they will be victims of that same media every day of their lives. It's a cruel, pointless system. British people "love" the royals but not enough to give them the right to live normal lives where they choose real jobs instead of being captives.

[@Furienna]

@@tracesprite6078 While I don’t think that William's children are traumatized by Diana's death since they weren't born then, I would agree that Harry is. So I don't blame him from wanting his wife and his kids to have some freedom from royal life.

[@belindamay8063]

@rafaellewise. The Royals are appallingly ill educated. It’s a long tradition. Bored and aimless, they are unfulfilled, and prey to depression. Many males die far too young due to smoking and drinking to excess. Bad and ignorant parenting accounts for much of it. “ Arranged “ marriages (Charles and Diana ) are sheer hell. Somebody should tell them straight. They could learn from the Scandinavian Royals. But who will “ bell the cat”?

[@DavidDatura]

How sad 😔

[@louispitalo7401]

You told a great story and it’s part of The Crown’s first season that was spot on. Princess Margaret’s time with Townsend and Lord Snowden. It help make that first season great!!!

[@BB-ts2gu]

BEST documentary I’ve ever seen regarding this topic. Excellent!!

[@annmolloy8600]

Robin Douglas-Home is pronounced Douglas- Hume. She didn’t own Mustique, she owned a home on the island the land for which was given to her by Lord Glenconner, owner of the island.

[@Wakitarb1]

I learn so much from this video, thank you!

[@Factinate]

Of course! That's the goal ;)

[@user-fe9hp9qf4h]

Thanks so much!!! Love Julie south Africa I am also British .💯💚💚

[@12thDecember]

"All she likes is young men." Maybe because they didn't try to control her like everyone else in her life ...?

[@SassyyjuicyMaria]

Well said

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

Never run out of victim cards, women today!

[@MadgeGreen]

Well, at least she didn't get to ruin Peter Townsend's life! I feel so bad for that man who committed suicide over her. 😢

[@MadgeGreen]

​@@Dhruv_Dogra It's the men as well! Just take a look at the book that Prince Harry wrote, and he was given everything on a silver platter!

[@kathleenmilligan5408]

She would only have lost her place in the succession. Title and income would not have been affected. The Queen was bound by the advice of her ministers.

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

WHY PRINCESS M EXCLAIMED THAT DIANA WAS A DISGRACE IS BEYOND ME! P DIANA OF WALES WAS A SWEETHEART IN COMPARISON. 😮😮

[@deechapman4474]

Amen!

[@kimlee1416]

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the video. Such a sad lonely life.

[@maryskelton8252]

This was the woman who never acknowledged the coffin of Princess Diana when it passed Buckingham palace

[@erikthenorviking8251]

It's a case of the abused become the abusers. Monarchy is an anachronism, it screws its members up. Look at Andrew.

[@awillis244]

Wow, they all have a lot of nerve

[@sauba9744]

Tiếng Việt

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Being "one of the most beautiful women in the royal family", isn't saying very much!

[@kimsherlock8969]

Armstrong Jones was a vampire He took pictures and opportunities

[@belindamay8063]

@kimsherlock. She wasn’t very clever. But he certainly was.

[@giorgioroyaume8815]

"Nearly destroyed the monarchy"😳 ...com'on 😂😂😂 That' s Too much

[@KealaniAlexandra]

Margaret's tragedy could have been averted if only her father had been responsible enough to use his will to make her financially stable and if he'd given her a path to follow. But the overburdened King depended so much on his "WE FOUR" ideal family construct that he just couldn't think of his favorite daughter, as funny and musically gifted as she was, as a person who would grow up to be an adult. Nobody knew what Margaret should become, so she became nothing.

[@Furienna]

It is really almost like a tradition within the Windsor family to have this dynamic within every generation: One sibling who has to be the responsible one and take on all the duties and one who seems to cause nothing but scandals. That goes all the way back to Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert, who had to do better than his philandering older brother Ernst. But we can see how George V and George VI also both had to step up when their scandalous older brothers (Albert Victor and Edward VIII) couldn't. Margaret was only following a pattern, that her family had already gone through for a long time when she was born. As a spare to her responsible older sister Elizabeth, she just ended up in the "scandalous sibling" role. But I should point out that their father did have an affair with at least one married woman before he got married and became the responsible brother. Also, while George VI was the king that the UK needed during the WWII, he did smoke himself to an early grave, which he would pass down to Margaret. It is now clear that Andrew ended up as the "scandalous sibling" among Elizabeth II's four children. Harry is partly this too as he left the duties to his brother William, but I don't see him as scandalous in the same way as many of his relatives were...

[@deechapman4474]

You don't think anything Sparry has done is scandalous?

[@Furienna]

​​​@@deechapman4474 When you start using people's proper names, then I'll start answering your questions.

[@AlidaDiana]

Princess Margaret of all people knew how it felt to be denied her one true love, however it didn’t stop her being critical, unsupportive and insensitive towards Princess Diana and totally disrespectful by refusing to bow her head as the coffin passed her at Princess Diana’s funeral. That’s when my sympathy towards Princess Margaret ended.

[@user-bd3cy2xk6y]

In no way did she nearly destroy the monarchy! She was way down the line of succession.

[@Glamrockqueen]

I don't know where the tragic death comes from? The woman had smoked endlessly and drunk like a fish for years. Brought it all on herself.

[@Furienna]

That is what her father did too, it's inheritary.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Neither do I.

[@heatherstephens9295]

🙄🙄🙄Blah Blah Blah how does it feel to be perfect?

[@Glamrockqueen]

@@heatherstephens9295I really hope that isn't directed at me? I'm not perfect, but neither was my life on the poublic stage for all to see. The narrative for the video says From her scandalous bedroom tastes to her tragic end - I was merely pointing out that she caused it all herself.

[@Furienna]

@@Glamrockqueen It is really almost like a tradition within the Windsor family to have this dynamic within every generation: One sibling who has to be responsible one and take on all the duties and one who seems to cause nothing but scandals. That goes all the way back to Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert, who had to do better than his philandering older brother Ernst. But we can see how George V and George VI also both had to step up when their scandalous older brothers (Albert Victor and Edward VIII) couldn't. Margaret was only following a pattern, that her family had already gone through for a long time when she was born. As a spare to her responsible older sister Elizabeth, she just ended up in the "scandalous sibling" role. But I should point out that their father did have an affair with at least one married woman before he got married and became the responsible brother. Also, while George VI was the king that the UK needed during the WWII, he did smoke himself to an early grave, which he would pass down to Margaret. It is now clear that Andrew ended up as the "scandalous sibling" among Elizabeth II's four children. Harry is partly this too as he left the duties to his brother William, but I don't see him as scandalous in the same way as many of his relatives were...

[@jekku4688]

Ah Margaret. The original "poor little rich girl." Although sometimes I wish she'd have told her big sis Lillibet to "piss off" now and then.

[@glen7318]

you seem to advocate a grave lack of manners.

[@ellasscraps7734]

The self destructive Princess

[@Pisti846]

Too bad they couldn't find a job for her.

[@kimmccabe1422]

Like Harry n Megan, who work!

[@davidpar2]

@@kimmccabe1422work their mouths 😆🤡

[@jrd3523]

@@davidpar2 🤡

[@jrd3523]

@@kimmccabe1422 🤡

[@findmeinthewilderness1508]

Is it wrong that I only like watching the videos that this guy narrates?😁. Maybe it's the accent, or maybe he just does a really good job of explaining things. But whatever it is, he keeps me engaged in the videos he voices. Well done, sir. Cheers.

[@rosalynsmith4928]

You reap what you sow

[@jamesthornton9399]

The divorce should have been ok considering Henry #8 divorced and killed his wifes.

[@sharonmorgan7630]

She was very much a spoiled , narcissistic woman, thank the heavens it was Elizabeth that was the eldest , Margaret would not of cut it as Queen , she had neither the integrity nor dignity of HRH Queen Elizabeth .Who is worldwide very much missed .❤

[@deechapman4474]

Sounds like Harry

[@glorianyambok7405]

She was gorgeous

[@JenniferMcCartney-nb6lt]

I saw her once at Heathrow airport. Her eyes were a most beautiful sapphire/lilac colour and she had a tan. Her hair was marvellous.

[@MC-rw3lc]

Yuk

[@kater.7563]

The role of the “spare” has always been to be the scapegoat for the media. Princess Margaret, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are the media’s personal whipping boys.

[@ohsure07]

They create their own hell.

[@Angie-pl3uw]

@@ohsure07I think the problem with the spare will exist until they are given a specific job that can become theirs' alone. They grow up second in line to the throne, and suddenly they go further and further down the line of succession . And they also become less important. That’s an automatic problem in the making! Some thought should be put into their future. Otherwise it does become a rather bleak life!

[@diannapenny5990]

@@ohsure07 They didn't need to "create" it. It was handed to them.

[@deechapman4474]

Playing "victim" and you're falling for it, smh

[@elizabethpeters4805]

Margaret may have been wealthy but all that did was help her indulge in bad habits. Sigh. She didn't receive a good education nor was she allowed to pursue a higher education. She was expected to marry well, have children, be a good hostess, and be quiet and demure. How that must have chafed!! At least Queen Elizabeth II let her daughter pursue her equestrian dreams to become an Olympian. Margaret was "really boxed in" on many levels so it's no wonder she acted out by partying, drinking, smoking, and generally being outrageous whenever she could.

[@mmigues3]

Tragic all the way around.

[@msjannd4]

It was.

[@mizfrenchtwist]

hello , in the mini series it was said , margaret and townsend did not marry because , he met another woman with whom , he fell in love with...........which story is it........ i think the pampered spoiled margaret , became ill , at the thought of living as a commoner great share , thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰..........

[@mizfrenchtwist]

@@jmac3482 ........the latest one on netflix , the mini series.......... it was said , margaret and townsend did not marry because , he met another woman with whom , he fell in love with , but she was still in love with him...........

[@Angie-pl3uw]

@@jmac3482Townsend married someone else, but it was a bit after the breakup. It was said that Townsend's second wife resembled Margaret. She too was much younger than he.

[@patsyk.1563]

What was said about King George and relationship with his two daughters seems to have been repeated with (then) Prince Charles and his two sons.

[@user-cc4qd8nz2b]

This is who i think.about every time someone says "you will get over it in time.". She never got over him and became an alcoholic and depressed for the restbof her life.

[@valerieminster1626]

She lived a purposeless life of drinking and smoking herself into a early grave. She didnt want to give up the money and status thats why she didnt marry her first love. She could have gone to university and had a career. Her second husband didnt love her. He should not have married any woman considering... And what about her children? She didnt spend much time with them it seems.

[@jeffweed3947]

2nd husband???

[@user-xw7ie6jv2x]

None of them seemed to spend much time with their children back then. They seem to be a little more caring these days.

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

There was no second husband. She never married Townsend.

[@katemaloney4296]

She didn't have to give up anything, but Philip hated Margaret and was angry that he hadn't been made King upon his wife's ascension, so he butted in where he could.

[@laurastuart3814]

@@katemaloney4296 That is a huge assumption.

[@douglasmackenzie6395]

Princess Margret didn’t have to give up much at all to marry Townsend, just the crown, which was never going to be hers anyway. Margret didn’t know this till it was to late and she had already sent Townsend away. Margret father King George sixth had made no provisions for his younger daughter in his will, so on his death she was forced to move out of Buckingham Palace and live with her mother until her marriage to Snowden. She had no capital and no inheritance, except her allowance from the Government. Where as her Sister & Mother had great wealth behind them, many homes, plus a Government allowance, which on both women was very substantial. Poor Margret had to believe she amongst her family was the poor relative,eating at their table & living under their roofs. Sadly Margret was a looser in life and she may have grown bitter, as those that followed broken all the rules and had the Queens permission to do so. It never pays to be the spare. I think Harry woke up to that some time back.

[@deechapman4474]

Not "victims", neither spares were poor

[@alisonj9533]

I dont know why but i dont think waiting until 25 for an outcome best for everyone, it was the best the Queen could do to reflect the Monarchy. Its actually Margaret herself who chose not to marry Townsend, imagine how he would have felt being made a mockery of by her because he couldn't provide for her standards. Townsend discovered he was a dalliance without a bank account to support her beforehand, I say it worked as it should have. The responsibility was on her for screwing with a married man and it fell on Townsend as well!!

[@glen7318]

wat are you saying?

[@karphin1]

I think being the second child is hard. Obviously Harry is suffering from the same issue.

[@breb3523]

I have always wondered why she was considered attractive or even beautiful?

[@glen7318]

you must be blind, she was extremelly pretty

[@julie-annegreen6840]

Great doc… whose the narrator, the voice is very good and familiar 👏

[@user-un1zs9iu4e]

DID THE SAME THING TO CHARLES..LOOK WHAT HAPPENED THERE..

[@sophiegeorge2816]

We can’t always help who we fall in love with

[@509cougs]

Perhaps, but we can control our behaviors. Destroying a family is not a gracious thing to do.

[@jamescrawford9883]

I’m sick of hearing this word “passing”. We die, what is wrong with saying die these days? I am 82 and expect to DIE soon, I won’t be passing anywhere!

[@zzzbbbooo]

What's wrong with saying 'passing' if that's the term people want to use? Each to their own.

[@virginiacharlotte7007]

‘Passing’ always reminds me of being in hospital when the nurses would ask if you have passed a bowel movement today.

[@jamescrawford9883]

Me too & I was in hospital recently and was asked quite a few times! Lol.

[@annastracke5259]

Another victim of well meant spoiled upbringing

[@penneycason9269]

I’ve decided to subscribe. 🇦🇺👍🏼

[@MommaBirdd]

Queen Elizabeth has put up with so much!

[@stananders474]

He had something to offer her that others didn't.

[@LorrieMiller-qm9pz]

If the monarchy is so fragile and delicate to be so easily ruined and brought down maybe they need to establish a more secure system of government that is not so easily undermined to where it can collapse so easily because the foundation is not solid enough after more than a thousand years

[@lottiegilbert4681]

Pointless life. Going to work everyday to make a rich corp. Richer is not???? Most folks nowadays have pointless lives.

[@glen7318]

what are you on about?

[@gracie3174]

Spoiled until her end. Sad.

[@barbarae.demullingbriggs8362]

I don’t know if anyone noticed that the 2nd child born in the RF tend to cause major issues and scandals in their lifetime!!! I hope KC takes a serious look at Haz and Prince William and Catherine makes sure that all of their children will lead a productive future and are stable in their lives and loves.❤

[@m.walker7907]

No worries, Lol, Williams wife is rumored to be dead.& Harry is still the outcast.The rule should be,Produce 1 heir & No Extra 1. King Charles is sick,his fingers all swollen, Plus prostate cancer.William Will be looking for a New Wife.And have u noticed,The 3 children haven't been out and about? Photo shopped pictures of sick P of Wales.

[@ddrules9294]

Extremely spoiled, not given jobs, nor higher education. Waited on hand and foot. And it just never ended

[@ivanhardy-birt1124]

reminder six years to go till we get the love letters on august 21st 2030

[@jpmtlhead39]

Being born and raised in such Family,and "you" are not the Chosen One is a Life of Pain and Misery.

[@deechapman4474]

Oh, such a terrible life to live

[@Thepateisgreat]

While I don’t think marrying Peter Townsend would have fixed everything, I truly think if she had gotten to marry him it would have changed the route of her life drastically. He knew how to deal with Margaret, and would have been a good influence on her. I think her losing him lead to the beginning of her downward spiral, and made her very very bitter about life. Tony was also a massive sleaze bag and married her for the wrong reasons. She could be a real piece of work and it’s hard to have sympathy for her because of her glamorous lifestyle, but money doesn’t buy happiness and I feel a great deal of sympathy for her. Losing a first love like that, would hurt. Townsend was all she had left of decent male figures in her life after her father passed. That would shatter anyone. Townsend even ended up marrying someone even younger than her that looked exactly like her just years after they both vowed not to marry anyone else. Naive to think he would keep to that, I know. But she loved him from the time she was 14- throughout the rest of her life. That would be heartbreaking for anyone and not everyone gets over lost loves. Some people never do. Especially lost loves like that. I hope she’s resting in peace and found her happiness on the other side.

[@rhondas.9385]

LOL Margaret & Megnut would be great friends haha

[@patricialane7075]

She and her husband must have been good parents as her children are both productive and successful in their chosen field. As for looking unhappy perhaps the camera caught then offguard.

[@jrd3523]

🤣

[@RevLeigh55]

It’s Wallis, not Wallace.

[@12thDecember]

@ 0:44, I think it's a matter of the accent of the narrator.

[@landafluit7590]

Not being lucky to be the second one, but that’s life

[@remalim9471]

Poor Margaret. They should have let her marry Peter, her first love.

[@Dontwlookatthis]

I was in Scotland around Christmas and new years 1999-2000 and again in October 2001, and I can't remember which visit this happened in, but the British Press was all over Margaret for being at an out door event with Elizabeth when a little girl ran up to the Queen and gave her a bouquet of flowers. Margaret grabbed the flowers from her sister and chased the little girl down and threw the flowers in her face yelling something about the way the little girl had inappropriately given the flowers to Elizabeth. The press dubbed Margaret as having lost her mind, it being just one more public display of disdain to commoners and wondering if she had Alzheimers or dementia. At the same time, there was in America a gunman shooting down people on the street from various, unknown hiding places. The British press declared it must be a far right white supremest and writing that American had a gun culture in which, all over America people settled their differences with guns in the street just like the old west. As it turned out, the shooter was caught and was a black man who hated society in general, and the idea that we all carry guns and shoot each other over petty arguments is of course, absurd. So it goes to show that even though Margaret was rude to the little girl, what followed in the press with stories speculating what might be wrong with her were surely wildly overblown and the incidents that they reported probably never happened.

[@heatherstephens9295]

Absolutely - the British Press are well known for their nastiness. I don’t believe that story at all 😂😂

[@JenniferMcCartney-nb6lt]

About 30 years ago a friend of mine who was an air stewardess related her own experience of Princess Margaret saying how kind she was. She stopped her from lifting a heavy bag for her (from the overhead rack) saying " No, don't try to lift that, get a steward to do it". She was also very charming generally apparently.

[@VeronicaMoreno-qd8yh]

*She had a very good life. She did what she wanted, she married who she wanted, she betray who she wanted, she divorced when she wanted etc etc etc.*

[@jocelynohalloran3550]

She was my favourite ❤

[@Jackielocks]

If she could’ve married Townsend I think she may have been happy. He was a piece of her Father and she loved them both so much. Losing them both and then hooking up with Anthony was the worst thing that could’ve happened to her. He was unfaithful and worse totally disloyal. That will ruin a good partner in no time.

[@Valerie-nf3jl]

All she wanted was a broken marriage, once achieved, time to find fun elsewhere😢

[@A2D4]

Oh my! He let her stay up past her bedtime!! 😧 Someone call CPS! She’s clearly in danger.

[@cnkis]

Dang I didn’t know she was SO crazy!!