Such an enigmatic and divisive figure demands a reckoning that is far from the usual fare. The tale of Princess Margaret is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. By the time of her death in 2002, she had come to personify disappointment. In her 1950s heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-422). "Originally published in 2017 by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Great Britain, as Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret." Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.Physical Description: print 423 pages : illustrations 24 cm.
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