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#201
10-28-2006, 02:35 PM
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"Never complain, never explain" was the Duchess of Windsor.
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#203
10-28-2006, 03:11 PM
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It was attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Ford II and the Duchess of Windsor. Mary Poppins, I found out, only said, "Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I never explain anything." At any rate the quote seems to define Princess Margaret perfectly. I can quite understand why Katharine Hepburn and the Duchess of Windsor would have taken the quote as their motto but now I'm intrigued as to learn more about Benjamin Disraeli and Henry Ford II.
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#204
10-28-2006, 03:25 PM
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Well, in her memoirs, the Duchess does use it and so I assume it really was her who said it first. It does fit Princess Margaret well though.
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#205
10-28-2006, 04:37 PM
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I never said she was an alcoholic, although her fondness for alcohol was well known, IB.
Yes people felt sorry for her that she was forced to choose between her titles and all they gave her and the man she loved, but, it should be remembered that in the end she chose money, position and titles.
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#206
10-28-2006, 05:17 PM
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It just seems that sometimes Margaret is always painted as "drink sodden" and it gets to me. Then again, I'm drink sodden too so maybe I shouldn't be so defensive.
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#207
10-30-2006, 09:14 AM
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#208
10-30-2006, 01:33 PM
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I don't think Margaret was as bad as is made out. She supported her sister and brought up two fantastic children. Can the Queen really say that? Secondly, I don't believe this man is the Princesses son. Not even the Royal Family could keep that a secret. An abortion maybe but not an actual birth.
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#209
10-30-2006, 02:25 PM
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I don't recall much 'support' for her sister either, with Margaret seemingly lurching from one crisis to the next, the scandals that did reach the papers and the many that probably didn't.
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#210
10-31-2006, 03:47 PM
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You are most welcome, Bella
 , here is a portrait of Margaret and her children in the 1970s: (Majesty)
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#211
10-31-2006, 04:09 PM
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This is a great picture, Iceflower. I think they all look great. It may not be one of Pss Margaret's more glamourous photos, but I think she looks wonderful: very natural and approachable and content.
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#212
11-15-2006, 02:58 AM
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I'm glad you liked the pic, Bella
 I found one at Olycom I had not seen before. Margaret, Sarah and David look quite good on it, but I do not like the arrangement around the little globe that much:Portrait Margaret, Sarah, David 1987
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#213
11-18-2006, 02:19 AM
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I share your opinion, Iceflower, with that globe it looks a bit philistine and the colour of it does not match with Sarah's dress, but it's an interesting pic. I like the one from the 70ss you posted before that much better. Thank you!!
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#215
12-22-2006, 03:07 AM
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Here's a very nice portrait of Princess Margaret by Pietro Annigoni, it's one of the objects that were sold at the Christies auction in June 2006:
Margaret
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#217
12-22-2006, 02:04 PM
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Ironically, the purchaser was her son Viscount Linley, who had put it up for auction in the first place.
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#218
12-31-2006, 01:28 PM
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That is a very famous portrait.
HRH Princess Margaret & Lord Snowden were integral in discovering Annignoni and making him "cult status" at one point, I think. He had an iconoclastic side tohim too. the portrait is exquisitely beautiful. Princess Margaret was a beauty and she is painted so definitively here. Last edited by Warren; 05-25-2007 at 03:15 AM. Reason: ed quote |
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#219
01-06-2007, 02:45 AM
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Maybe one of the best portraits of Margaret as a young woman, I hope it has not been posted before. It was taken by Lord Snowdon in 1967
:Margaret 1967
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#220
01-06-2007, 02:48 AM
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Wow....what an utterly gorgeous picture! She looks divine. It's very artistic; my sister knows how to take photographs like that, and she took a picture of me for her class a couple of years ago.
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