![]() Crawfie was demonised by the press and the Queen Mother, who had been a great friend and who had, Crawfie maintained, given her permission to write the account, never spoke to her again. The Little Princesses was published in 1950 to a furore we cannot imagine today. ![]() ![]() Beginning at the quiet family home in Piccadilly in the early 1930s and ending with the birth of Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in 1948, Crawfie tells how she brought the princesses up to be 'Royal' whilst also exposing them to the ordinary world of underground trains, buses and swimming lessons. Marion Crawford, 'Crawfie', as she was known to the Queen and Princess Margaret, became governess to the children of the Duke and Duchess of York in the early 1930s, little suspecting she was nurturing her future Queen. The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen's Childhood by Her Nanny, Marion Crawford (Paperback) Published October 27th 2020 by St. Their private lives are now the stuff of soap opera and it seems any one who comes into contact with them sells their story to the magazines or to the newspapers. The first edition of The Little Princesses was published in 1950, and although it created a scandal, it was nonetheless a valuable social history and the first inside account of life at. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and their Uncle David was the future King of England. ![]() In little more than fifty years the regard with which the Royal Family are held has changed out of all recognition. Marion Crawford, Jennie Bond (Introduction) 4.06 1,689 ratings193 reviews Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. ![]()
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