· How the memoir of the Queen's governess Crawfie paved the way for future scandals. In light of the publication of Finding Freedom, the biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Wendy Holden remembers the fall out from the memoir of the Queen's governess, Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford. Royalty and scandal go together like crowns and sceptres. · Scottish governess Marion Crawford ( - ), an employee of the British royal family. (Getty) And most reviewers of The Little Princesses agreed that . For 17 years, Crawford-"Crawfie"-was nanny to then-Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and taken on its own, her account is innocuous in the extreme. But Crawford was shunned by the royal family after the book's publication, as BBC Royal correspondent Bond explains in the foreword: "She was cast adrift as if she had committed treason and neither the Queen nor the two Princesses ever spoke to Cited by: 1.
The Little Princesses was first published in to a furor we cannot imagine today. It has been called the original "nanny diaries" because it was the first account of life with the Royals ever published. Although hers was a touching account of the childhood of the Queen and Princess Margaret, Crawfie was demonized by the press. The little princesses Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest. Share via email. The little princesses by Crawford, Marion, Publication date Topics. Marion Crawford, or "Crawfie," as she was known to young Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, was born in the Scottish countryside and studied teaching at the Moray House Training College in bltadwin.ru the early s, she became governess to the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York, little suspecting that she would devote the next sixteen years to nurturing her future Queen.
Marion Crawford's book gives a little more insight into the young lives of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. This book is clumsily written, mixing up when the Duke of Kent's wedding took place among other things. Mrs. Crawford describes Princess Margaret as a fat little girl, and we all know from photographs that Princess Margaret was not fat. Marion was the author of the book The Little Princesses, which spilled the beans on life inside the royal family, including details about the Princesses that other employees would never dare to. For 17 years, Crawford-"Crawfie"-was nanny to then-Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and taken on its own, her account is innocuous in the extreme. But Crawford was shunned by the royal family after the book's publication, as BBC Royal correspondent Bond explains in the foreword: "She was cast adrift as if she had committed treason and neither the Queen nor the two Princesses ever spoke to her again.".
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