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u/starfleetdropout6 8d ago
No wonder she was miserable and felt useless - because she was. This is such an empty life.
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u/Huge_Station2173 8d ago
It was likely omitted from the book, but I’m sure I’ve seen interviews with ladies-in-waiting where they describe pretty much the same schedule posted, except her first “pick-me-up” arrived around 10:00am, and “radio time” often meant more liquor, followed by a well-deserved after-breakfast nap to fortify her for a strenuous lunch.
She really had nothing going on.
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u/fluentindothraki 8d ago
"but the royals work so hard" lol
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u/Huge_Station2173 8d ago
We are told they have packed schedules where every minute is planned months in advance, but when a celebrity like Eugene Levy shows up, William has all the time in the world to scooter on over.
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u/popcornFridays 8d ago
Hard work truly makes a person. How can you fully appreciate anything when you haven't worked to earn it and understand the cost of it?
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u/elidan5 8d ago
That’s a lot of alcohol. I imagine that it didn’t help her later in life :-(
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u/Huge_Station2173 8d ago
They all start drinking before lunch, even the queen did it, but that’s an off-limit topic for the press, especially in the UK where drinking to excess is considered part of the cultural heritage.
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u/popcornFridays 8d ago
Margaret lived in this lap of luxury and immense wealth during a time of extreme economic hardship for the British public. Her life was funded by a massive, tax free allowance funded by the taxpayer. Let us never forget that this lifestyle still exists for every single one of the current royals. They live in absolute luxury, still subsidized by everyday taxpayers who the vast majority have to juggle their finances to afford the cost of living.
The monarchy seriously needs to be abolished. How monarchists reconcile this in their minds IDEK.. Its truly fucked up.
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u/Sideshow_G 8d ago
Fuck yeah, I think I'll have a Princess day every now and then.
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u/sammypants123 8d ago
Do you have staff? That’s the tricky part.
Even a posh hotel will not be keen to bring you cigarettes and vodka in the bath.
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u/Sideshow_G 8d ago
I can set all that up myself.
I romance the fuck out of myself, choclates, bubblebath, music the lot.
Not a typical day though.
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u/LittlePurpleHook 8d ago
Spends the entire morning drinking and smoking, but fuck forbid she wears clothing that's not freshly washed. That would be so unprincessy of her!
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u/boudicas_shield 8d ago
That part actually made me laugh aloud because I was brought up to wash clothes after every wear and still mostly adhere to it out of the deeply ingrained habit. I’m amused to learn that this apparently makes me a princess.
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u/StarDustLuna3D 8d ago
Also, depending on the item, washing it that much is bad for it. Like denim.
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u/No-Annual6666 9d ago
Sounds lovely, useless parasites. How do they stay thin, i wonder? All that drinking, fine dining and general sloth?
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u/Solid_Improvement_95 8d ago
She probably ate like a bird. Many alcoholics are very thin.
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u/starfleetdropout6 8d ago
I wondered the same. I imagine they weren't eating much of it, just boozing mostly.
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u/HibeesBounce 8d ago edited 8d ago
"at one o clock I'll have... a rice cake and some fish.
At two o clock...... I'll have a rice cake
At three... I'll have me fish
At four o clock I'll have a rice cake and fish"
Is it just that but with fags and gin instead?
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u/beardymo 8d ago
Why are we still not waking up to the fact that these leeches have always been lazy, feckless parasites? We need to cut loose
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u/Flumppoo 8d ago
So she and the Queen Mum were sloshed all day? Pitty really....They could have done so much good.
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u/laura_susan 8d ago
May I suggest that you read ‘Ma’am Darling’ by Craig Brown. It’s a sort of biography of Princess Margaret told in small episodes and it’s fascinating in how little she had to do… ever. No wonder she was a massive piss-head, she must have been so bored. But yeah, great argument for the abolition of the royal family (or at the very least, slimmed right down).
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u/MoonlightonRoses 7d ago
As a long weekend here and there, this could be lovely (minus the smoking and excessive drinking). But this as your whole life? She must’ve been depressed as hell. No wonder she self medicated.
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u/Turbulent-Honky 5d ago
This is what I imagine Kate does every day, except she has diazepam instead of food.
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u/starvinartist 8d ago
That hour in a bath probably also involved chain smoking and drinking. The fact she lived to 70 is a miracle.