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Lady Glenconner was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, and growing up in their ancestral estate at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. A Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation, she married Lord Glenconner in 1956. They had 5 children together of whom 3 survive. In 1958 she and her husband began to transform the island of Mustique into a paradise for the rich and famous. They granted a plot of land to Princess Margaret who built her favourite home there. She was appointed Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret in 1971 and kept this role - accompanying her on many state occasions and foreign tours - until her death in 2002. Lord Glenconner died in 2010, leaving everything in his will to his former employee. She now lives in a farmhouse near Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
'Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn't drop at least three times
every chapter, you've not been paying proper attention'
*The Sunday Times*
'A funny, sometimes tragic and disarmingly frank memoir . . . Lady
in Waiting is gentle, wise, unpretentious, but above all
inspiring'
*The Times*
'A startling, rare, beguiling insight into a lost world of royalty
and celebrity with as many tears as there are titles'
*Daily Express*
'A candid, witty and stylish memoir'
*Financial Times*
'Stalwart and disarmingly honest . . . emotion resonates through
this delightful memoir'
*The Wall Street Journal*
'[Lady in Waiting] has two things going for it: the first is that
it is not what it seems; it is definitely not "a lavender sort of
scented memoir" . . . Its other great strength is Glenconner
herself'
*Guardian*
'Funny, revelatory, poignant, occasionally jaw-dropping'
*Sunday Times*
'A romp of an autobiography'
*The Times T2*
'Sparkling, endearing and alarming'
*Times Literary Supplement*
'The insider memoir of the year'
*Evening Standard*
'Marvellous book . . . one's eyes were on stalks'
*Daily Mail*
'A remarkable life, remarkably told'
*The Sunday Times*
'[An] astounding memoir'
*The Sunday Times Magazine*
'It's a total hoot - I couldn't put it down'
*Janet Street-Porter*
'I couldn't put it down. Funny and touching - like looking through
a keyhole at a lost world'
*Rupert Everett*
'Lady Glenconner's life story is a combination of royal magic,
personal tragedy and resilient survival. With humour, courage and
preternatural poise, she at last tells the story of her uniquely
fascinating life'
*Tina Brown*
'Discretion and honour emerge as the hallmarks of Glenconner's
career as a royal servant, culminating in this book which manages
to be both candid and kind.'
*Guardian*
'Anne Glenconner has written a remarkable memoir - containing, at
last, a genuine portrait of Princess Margaret from one who knew her
well. But this book is poignant too, and through the pages shine
her courage and good-humoured acceptance of her demons and
tragedies'
*Hugo Vickers*
'An absolute hoot'
*The Times*
'This memoir made me laugh, wince, cry and gasp. For anyone who
craves a bracing dose of the older generation's stiff upper lip,
Anne Glenconner provides it.'
*Daily Mail*
'Lady Glenconner displays resilience of a different kind in her
memoir about the astonishing ups and downs of her artistocratic
life'
*Mail on Sunday*
'Wonderful'
*The Times*
'It's impossible not to admire her fortitude . . . funny and
sometimes dazzling'
*Observer*
'Rollicking . . . [Lady in Waiting] paints such a rich picture of
the aristocracy it's impossible not to marvel at the institution,
both in admiration and horror'
*Sydney Morning Herald*
'Finely drawn . . . Glenconner has an eye for detail'
*London Review of Books*
'This outlandish memoir drips with royal tidbits . . . but it's
also insightful on the more damaging aspects of being a member of
the British aristocracy. Sobering - and terrific fun'
*Metro*
'One of the most enjoyable books of 2019 . . . Anne Glenconner, now
87, captures a lost world in which she waited (with remarkable good
grace) on Princess Margaret. Sometimes the best view of history is
given by the minor characters'
*Sunday Telegraph*
'The author reads her own words in indomitable fashion, and anyone
who enjoyed Craig Brown's life of Glenconner's former employer,
Ma'am Darling, will find this fascinating.'
*Financial Times*
'This year's Ma'am Darling - the perfect book to curl up on the
sofa with.'
*The i*
'This riveting read will leave you open-mouthed and hungry for
more.'
*Sunday Post*
'Fascinating and beautifully written . . . I can't recommend
[Glenconner's] book high enough'
*Spectator*
'Captivating'
*Observer*
'Beyond admirable'
*Sunday Telegraph*
'Riveting life'
*Mail on Sunday*
'Lady in Waiting has made me laugh and cry several times. I raced
through it in 4 days. Book heaven'
*Fearne Cotton*
'Such a moving book'
*Bella Mackie*
'A riotous social document and a beautifully written account of a
vivid life superbly lived'
*The Critic*
'Anne Glenconner writes with wit, generosity and courage about her
life in a gilded cage ... Fascinating!'
*Platinum*
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