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Princess Diana's main enemy behind the palace doors was not her husband, who would have had an affair with his ex-girlfriend, but rather his aunt, the Countess of Snowdon.
British author Craig Brown recently published a book on Queen Elizabeth II's brothers and sisters, entitled "Ninety-nine Insights of Princess Margaret," which attempts to demystify the prominent character described in the "The Crown" hit series from Netflix.
Brown told Fox News that he had been able to find friends and other sources close to Margaret, who died in 2002 at the age of 71 after suffering a series of problems health.
"People are ready to talk to her," Brown said. "I guess it's because of the length of time. His contemporaries are still alive and their attitudes have changed. … And this time is now over.
British actress Helena Bonham Carter in the role of Princess Margaret in "The Crown".
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Among the stories that many were ready to tell were the tense relationship between Margaret and the Princess of Wales, who had given a shocking interview to the BBC in 1995, stating to 23 million viewers: "There were three of us at this wedding . a bit cluttered ", in reference to his ruined marriage with Prince Charles and his mistress Camila Parker Bowles.
According to Brown, Margaret, one of the first members of the Royal Family to have openly welcomed Diana to the House of Commons in Windsor, felt that it was an act of betrayal ruthless towards the royal family.
"She did not like others to behave badly," Brown said. "Spreading your feelings around the world without warning was considered an incredible betrayal, even if what Diana claimed was true. Margaret was very ruthless. She would not even have magazines with Diana's face on the cover nearby. She would return them.
"And she would not let her kids talk to her. These were all members of the Royal Family living in Kensington Palace. But if you crossed iron with Princess Margaret, she was very ruthless. Even though Diana had lived another 30 years, she would not have spoken to him. "
Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
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Charles and Diana divorced in 1996 after four years of separation. Diana died a year later, in 1997, at the age of 36, as a result of her injuries during a car accident in Paris.
Brown claimed that Margaret had never forgiven Diana even at death. On the day of the Princess's funeral, other members of the royal family bowed their heads as her casket passed, with the exception of Margaret.
"Margaret only offered the most superficial nodding, almost as if she was protecting herself from a fly," Brown said. "She also did not like the flag being lowered at half-mast."
And when there was talk of a statue erected outside the Kensington Palace of the deceased princess, Margaret's mocked this idea.
"She said," I do not have this woman out of my bedroom window, "Brown said. "It was a very difficult woman."
Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret in 1976.
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But Margaret was far from being a well-bred royal. In fact, Brown wrote that Margaret had spent most of the 70s in Mustique, a Caribbean island, partying with Rolling Stones leader Mick Jagger. She would have even asked members of her staff to swim up to the sea, fully clothed, to bring her a drink.
While rumors that the king and rock star had an affair persisted for a long time, Brown said it was just gossip.
"There is very little material evidence of a connection between these two men," he explained.
But Brown claimed that it was true. According to her book, Margaret's drink of choice was vodka and orange juice, which she would choose as a "pick-me-up" at 12:30. Daily.
She would then have a half-bottle of wine for lunch, then wait for her butler to go to her afternoon drink platter at 5:30 pm. She would then have more wine for dinner, followed by several whiskeys with Malvern water as a glass before her sleep of 2 am.
"She certainly smoked a lot," Brown said. "She was famous for those long cigarette holders, which she would use as a weapon. Even after the publication of my book, there are so many stories of people trying to light his cigarette. She never took the light of a match. It always had to be a lighter. If you try, she will not inspire. And a lot of times she was very rude was the result of drinking alcohol.
"Once, she had to visit an elderly person. It was 10 o'clock and she had her gin and tonic for the day. At lunchtime, these ladies prepared a delicious chicken dish. She looked at the chicken, then at her host and said, "It looks like it's sick." Nobody can be so rude without some excuse. "
And Diana was not the only one to feel Margaret's anger. Margaret also hated Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who, like Diana, also faced a media scrutiny of her marriage to Elizabeth's son, Prince Andrew.
The couple divorced in 1996 after 10 years of marriage.
According to the Telegraph, after Ferguson, now 58, was photographed by paparazzi with financial advisor John Bryan apparently sucking his ass in 1992, Margaret sent a handwritten letter to the royal condemned to tell him his inappropriate behavior.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, with her husband of then, Prince Andrew.
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"You have done more than you could have imagined to shame the family," Margaret wrote. "Not once, embarrassed head, even a minute after these shameful photographs. Obviously, you have never considered the damage you are causing us all.
The letter would have reduced Ferguson to tears.
Brown added that Margaret would also be in conflict with Princess Michael of Kent, who in 2000 told a magazine that she "had more royal blood" in her veins than anyone else to marry in the royal family since the Prince Philip.
People Magazine also noted that in 2002, it was revealed that Elizabeth was covering the rent of Michael's stylish apartment and her husband with her private funds.
Brown said that if Margaret was alive, she would probably have hosted American actress Meghan Markle, who married Prince Harry in May and who became the Duchess of Sussex. However, their friendship would not have lasted long.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.
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"Very often, these things started very happily," he said. "But you can not say with Margaret." With Diana and the Duchess of York, she first loved them, they became friends in the beginning, certainly with Diana, she was the favorite of the royal family. Diana because she was so welcoming.
"But at some point, Meghan would have done something wrong, or even just with Meghan's father or sister being so difficult, it might have triggered something at Margaret's."
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