![]() ![]() ![]() Who is Anne Glenconner?Īnne Coke was born into an aristocratic family – her father was the 5th Earl of Leicester – and she grew up in the stunning Holkham Hall in North Norfolk. Every page seemed to reveal a new snippet or story of celebrity, royalty or excess that had me engrossed and thinking, ‘whaaat?‘ and then her personal tragedies had me crying as I read. Lady in Waiting was an unexpected roller-coaster of a read. Opening sentence: One morning at the beginning of 2019, when I was in my London flat, the telephone rang. In her memoir, Lady in Waiting she tells us about her 30-years working as a Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister), and that is just a small part of the incredible things that have happened in her life. There are fascinating lives and then there are Lady Anne Glenconner levels of fascinating lives. ![]()
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