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Lady in Waiting Lady Anne Glenconner in Conversation with Tina Brown: Whatever Next? Lessons from an Unexpected Life

Feb 21, 2023


Lady Anne Glenconner, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation, and later to Princess Margaret, accompanying her on state occasions and foreign tours for thirty years until the Princess’s death joins New York Times bestselling author and Royal expert Tina Brown to discuss her new book Whatever Next? Lessons from an Unexpected Life sharing rare insights from life inside her privileged circle, which though golden didn’t always glitter. An extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown and what it was like being a courtier and friend to royalty — no doubt offering some insights into the Royals of 2023.

Lady Anne Glenconner

Lady Anne Glenconner was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester …

Lady Anne Glenconner

Lady Anne Glenconner was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester. A Maid of Honor at the Queen’s Coronation, she married Lord Glenconner in 1956. They had 5 children together of whom 3 survive. 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. Lady Glenconner now lives in a farmhouse near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Lady Glenconner’s memoir, Lady in Waiting, was a New York Times bestseller and spent over thirty weeks in the Sunday Times top ten. She has also written two acclaimed novels, Murder on Mustique and Haunting at Holkam.

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 favorite home there.

Tina Brown

Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, and author. She has been editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker …

Tina Brown

Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, and author. She has been editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for her services to journalism in 2000 and inducted into the Magazine Editors’ Hall of Fame in 2007. In October 2008, Brown launched and edited the digital news site The Daily Beast, which won the news website of the year award in 2012 and 2013. For a decade she organized and hosted Women in the World, with summits in New York, London and Delhi, and smaller salons throughout North America.

Brown’s book The Vanity Fair Diaries was chosen as one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, The Guardian, and The Economist. She wrote the 2007 bestselling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles. Her follow-up, The Palace Papers, was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2022, and one of The Times of London’s 37 best books of 2022.

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