Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner: Conversation Starters

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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner: Conversation Starters

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown is the memoir of Lady Anne Glenconner, who served as a lady in waiting for thirty-one years to Princess Margaret, sister to Queen Elizabeth II of England. She writes about her own life since childhood and about her family’s connection with the royal family. Anne’s struggles and successes are described. Much of the book focuses on her friendship with the princess. The memoir is an insight into the world of the old-world royal traditions.
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown was released in October 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton and has sold close to 200,000 copies till date. The book has also been featured on the bestseller lists of New York Times, USA Today, The Sunday Times, The Globe and Mail, and ABA Indie.

A Brief Look Inside: 
 
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, 
and the characters and its world still live on. 
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on. 
 
These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:
 
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
 
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Aug 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835878612

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Introducing Lady in Waiting

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown is the story and autobiography of Anne Glenconner, who spent thirty-one years as lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II’s sister. She was also herself the daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester and the wife of Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner. Born with a silver spoon, Anne’s life trajectory was expected to follow that of her peers. Instead, she not only hobnobbed with royalty but also carved a niche out for herself.

The book starts from the time Anne was born. She was a disappointment to her parents as she was a daughter to an aristocratic couple without sons. Her gender prohibited her from inheriting her father’s estates and title. Her mother named her Anne Veronica after H.G. Well’s feminist heroine, hoping that she would be strong enough to take care of herself. Her father was equerry to King George VI, and her parents were very close friends with the royal family since she was a child. She hobnobbed with the royal children, mainly Margaret, though she looked upon Charles as a younger brother, in her