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How Princess Margaret was BANNED from returning to the US by British officials after her debauched Hollywood visits saw her party until 3am with Frank Sinatra, insult Elizabeth Taylor, flirt with John Travolta and decline cocaine from Jack Nicholson

11/01/20 16:55

Princess Margaret's first trip to Los Angeles in 1965 was so defined by raucous partying that she was later banned from returning in 1973 by British officials who thought she spent too much time hobnobbing with celebrities like Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow and Alfred Hitchcock (pictured inset, right). Her notoriously sharp tongue made enemies out of Judy Garland, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (bottom, left) who were all slighted by the hard-partying princess at a Beverly Hills dinner party. When she wasn't insulting the toast of Tinsel Town, she was causing panic among her royal handlers for joining private porn screenings with the legendary theater critic, Kenneth Tynan; or for attending a party in Beverly Hills where she turned down cocaine from Jack Nicholson (top, right) and danced all evening with John Travolta....read

The Crown's Helena Bonham Carter says the character of Princess Margaret 'seeped into her' and has made her 'less tolerant of people's behaviour'
26/11/19 10:46
British actress Helena Bonham Carter said Princess Margaret's no-nonsense nature helped inform her own behaviour while promoting The Crown - and made her less obliging.
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The Crown costume designer reveals she used bursts of colour as 'armour' for 'bruised' Princess Margaret while the 'settled' Queen wears 'sugar almond' shades
11/11/19 17:50
Costume designer Amy Roberts, from London, revealed she used bright colours as an 'armour' for Helena Bonham Carter's 'bruised' Princess Margaret in the upcoming series of The Crown.
How Princess Margaret secretly destroyed 30 SACKS of the Queen Mother's letters, the QM thought Mountbatten a 'bounder' and why Margaret said Churchill ruined her life, as revealed in diarist KENNETH ROSE's sensational private journals
04/11/19 22:43
Newspaper diarist Kenneth Rose kept many of his sensational stories for his private journals. Here, he gives a sparkling insight into an 'epoch of history' observing the Queen Mother.
Charming snaps of the Queen and her family will go under the hammer - including an unpublished photo of the then Princess Elizabeth posing in a kilt as a teenager
30/10/19 10:54
The portraits, taken by acclaimed British society photographer Marcus Adams, capture the future Queen from being a baby to her adolescence. They will be auctioned in London next month.
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Princess Margaret's closest confidante Lady Glenconner says 'perfect' Prince William and Kate Middleton are the 'golden couple' of the royal family
28/10/19 17:37
Lady Anne Glenconner, 87, called Prince William, and Kate Middleton, both 37, a 'golden couple', and said they love Mustique, owned by her late husband, because it offers privacy.
My spooky encounters with (a jolly bossy) Princess Margaret: Helena Bonham Carter says she got acting tips after contacting the Queen's late sister through a medium. So what happened when Giulia Crouch tried to do the same?
12/10/19 21:56
Princess Margaret has been dead for 17 years but that proved no obstacle for actress Helena Bonham Carter, who says she asked the Queen's late sister for some acting tips just the other day.
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Where did Princess Margaret get £20m and how about the Queen mother's £70m legacy? In his controversial new book, MP Norman Baker examines the family's finances as he accuses the Windsors of Right Royal Robbery
12/10/19 21:20
Margaret left an estate of some £7.6 million having previously disposed of £12 million of assets to her family. The Royal Family is not inclined to say where all the money came from.
Margaret's most mysterious 'romance': Helena Bonham Carter claims her dashing war hero uncle seduced the young Princess she plays in The Crown - so what IS the truth, asks RICHARD KAY
07/10/19 21:46
RICHARD KAY: This week it was suggested Princess Margaret had her head turned by Lieutenant Mark Bonham Carter. He had twice danced with the young princess at 1943's Christmas Ball in Windsor.
'It's weird, I went out with my UNCLE!': The Crown star Helena Bonham Cater reveals her WWII hero relative once dated Princess Margaret who she plays in Netflix series
07/10/19 10:38
Mark Bonham Carter 'dated' the Princess when he was a Grenadier Guard. Helena Bonham Carter said her uncle and the princess remained good friends following the relationship.
Helena Bonham Carter reveals how Princess Margaret gave permission via a psychic for the actress to play her in latest series of The Crown
06/10/19 12:33
The actress, 53, told the Cheltenham Literary Festival that Princess Margaret told her to 'get the smoking right' and be 'groomed and neater' in her portrayal in the Netflix series.
Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting recalls the moment she found out her husband Lord Glenconner had left his £22m St Lucia estate to his servant
29/09/19 21:02
After Lord Glenconner died in 2010, his widow Lady Anne Glenconner discovered he had left everything, whether sentimental or valuable, to his devoted manservant Kent.
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The Caribbean party island that seduced rock stars and royals: Princess Margaret's confidante reveals how her husband turned Mustique from a mosquito-infested wasteland to a hedonistic playground - at a crippling cost
29/09/19 21:00
Lady Glenconner (right) and her husband Colin Tennant, who later became Lord Glenconner, first heard about the island of Mustique in 1971. Lord Glenconner then bought it for £45,000.
Former lady-in-waiting Anne Glenconner tells how she and the royal confided in each about their cheating husbands and she introduced her to lover Roddy Llewellyn (then said: What HAVE I done!)
28/09/19 00:00
ANNE GLENCONNER: In 1993 the man whom Princess Margaret had once passionately wanted to marry came to have lunch with her at Kensington Palace.
Helena Bonham Carter 'received permission from the late Princess Margaret to play her in The Crown after making contact via a psychic'
08/09/19 22:45
It's also been reported that the actress, 53 - who's taken over from Vanessa Kirby to play the rebellious royal - held seances in her dressing room in between filming scenes for the Netflix series
Helena Bonham Carter joins the House of TWINdsor: Why, as the actress stars as Princess Margaret in The Crown, it's the role she was born to play
18/08/19 22:24
Helena Bonham Carter is surely born to play the role of Princess Margaret, writes Alison Boshoff. The pair have striking similarities including handspan waists and skin as pale as cream.
The Crown: Helena Bonham Carter reveals 'scary' Princess Margaret once told her she was 'getting better' at acting... as she takes over the royal role in Netflix drama
14/08/19 14:51
Helena Bonham Carter has revealed her 'pretty scary' meeting with Princess Margaret as she prepares to play the royal in the third series of The Crown.
The Queen was ready to gun down invading Nazis in Buckingham Palace: How Her Majesty learned to shoot with Churchill's Tommy gun so she could defend herself in Britain's 'darkest hour'
05/05/19 09:13
D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler, which airs on Channel 4, reveals how the young royals learned to defend themselves in the event of a feared raid on the palace by Nazi parachutists.
The Crown season 3: Helena Bonham Carter steps off a jet as Princess Margaret wearing a fur and shades with her 'toyboy lover'... while Olivia Colman meets well-wishers on the tarmac as Elizabeth II
20/01/19 16:02
Filming for season 3 of The Crown is well underway, with Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman shooting a scene on Sunday at an airfield in London.
The royal heartbreak hotel! Five-star boarding house where Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon lived before divorce hits the market for just £375,000
10/01/19 12:29
Grade II listed mansion Plas Dinas in Bontnewydd that was shared by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon before their marriage descended into bitter rows has gone on the market.
The Crown series 3: Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Daniels transform into Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon as they join Olivia Colman in newly-released images from Netflix show
28/12/18 18:08
Fans are waiting with baited breath to see Olivia Colman make her debut as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown's third season, and replacing Claire Foy.
The Crown season three: Helena Bonham Carter takes a photo of co-star Ben Daniels on an iPhone as they channel Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon during filming for the 1970s-set series in Spain
28/11/18 15:03
The actress, 52, continued to channel the late Princess Margaret as she joined Ben Daniels, who plays husband Lord Snowdon, on the set of the drama series in Galicia, Spain.
How The Crown's new Princess Margaret Helena Bonham Carter is dating a writer 20 years her junior in a love affair that mirrors that of the Queen's sister and her toyboy lover Roddy Llewellyn
27/10/18 21:00
In an uncanny instance of life imitating art, Helena Bonham Carter has formed a very close friendship with a man 20 years her junior, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Princess Margaret became 'ill with rage' over Philip’s bid to block peerage for her new husband Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon), as revealed in the secret diaries of well-connected gossip writes KENNETH ROSE
23/10/18 21:09
For decades, Fleet Street society diarist Kenneth Rose mingled with the Royal Family and the nation’s movers and shakers, but he kept the good gossip for his private journals.
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Princess Margaret's spectacular 21st birthday gown will go on display as part of the biggest ever exhibition of Christian Dior couture staged in the UK
18/10/18 11:07
The Dior gown, captured in Princess Margaret's 21st birthday portrait, will form the centrepiece of the presentation at the V&A Museum, London, next year.
Helena Bonham Carter 'hired a psychic to contact the late Princess Margaret before playing her in The Crown'
20/09/18 08:16
The 52-year-old enlisted the help of a clairvoyant to speak to Queen Elizabeth's sister, who died in 2002 aged 71, from beyond the grave to ensure she researched the role.
Lots of flirting and a bit of snogging, the Bohemian life of HM’s sister - CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews BBC2's Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
11/09/18 22:54
The success of Netflix series The Crown has led to a new wave of interest in the Queen’s younger sister Princess Margaret.
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Princess Margaret received less of an education than the Queen so she wouldn't become a THREAT to her sister, her former lady-in-waiting claims
06/09/18 13:54
Lady Anne Glenconner, a maid-of-honour at the Queen's coronation, says Princess Margaret always felt she was deliberately kept at an intellectual disadvantage growing up in a new documentary.
Princess Margaret gate-crashed my date with her daughter: WILLIAM MILLER relives the 'toe-curling night' with Lady Sarah ...and her mother
03/09/18 00:03
In the first extract from his new memoir, published in the Mail on Saturday, William Miller, son of the brilliant polymath Jonathan Miller, described growing up surrounded by London’s intelligentsia.
How Princess Margaret saw the end of her engagement to Peter Townsend as an escape from becoming 'an ordinary housewife'
01/09/18 23:17
The pair (pictured) split in 1955 following pressure from the Queen, but Margaret's friend Lady Jane Rayne has said: ‘She looked as if she was absolutely heartbroken but I don’t think she was.
Dandy who got Princess Margaret so stoned she ended up in hospital: Designer to the stars was expelled from Eton and partied so hard with the Stones even Keith Richards said he was crazy
03/08/18 21:38
An evening with Christopher Gibbs was rarely uneventful. Few who were there can forget the 1967 party the antiques dealer once threw for the beat poet Allen Ginsberg at his Chelsea pad.
Margaret the 'modern Princess': The Queen's late sister's VERY candid former lady-in-waiting to be interviewed by the BBC for a 'deeply personal' documentary examining her tumultuous love life
30/07/18 14:17
The 'sumptuous' series will explore how the Queen's late sister (pictured with husband Earl of Snowdon) reflected the 'social and sexual revolution' that rocked Britain in the twentieth century.
The Crown FIRST LOOK: Helena Bonham Carter gets into character as Princess Margaret as she joins Ben Daniels on set of Netflix drama for first time
22/07/18 15:07
The award winning actress, 52, looked the picture of royalty in a statement floral print gown, decorated with tangerine coloured petals, as she filmed in Essex.
The Crown: Helena Bonham Carter transforms into Princess Margaret in first look snap... as Ben Daniels takes over the role of Lord Snowdon
18/07/18 10:06
Fans have gotten a first look as Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in the upcoming third series of The Crown, with another snap showing Ben Daniels as Lord Snowdon.
'I think she paved the way for Meghan and Harry': The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby says Princess Margaret’s attempt to marry divorcee Peter Townsend blazed the trail for future royal romances
04/07/18 21:18
Vanessa Kirby has opened up playing Princess Margaret in The Crown, admitting that the royal's battle to marry a divorcee may have paved the way for Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle.
Stunning Dior couture gown worn by Princess Margaret on her 21st birthday is set to go on display as part of a major exhibition on the French fashion house at the V&A
03/07/18 16:24
Princess Margaret's cream gown, created in 1951, features a dramatic tulle skirt and eye-catching gold embellishment. It will be a highlight of a new Christian Dior exhibition in London.
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London T'ai chi instructor lays claim to St Lucia land 'stolen' by party-loving Lord 30 years ago before he died and left it to his servant in £20m estate
23/06/18 10:21
The late Lord Glenconner, renowned for transforming the Caribbean island of Mustique into a playground for the rich and famous, is said to have stolen land to create his very own love island.
Is Meghan modelling herself on Princess Margaret? How the Duchess' Ascot outfit echoed a VERY similar ensemble the late princess wore to the race meeting in 1952
20/06/18 09:17
The outfit Meghan, 36, chose for her Ascot debut was very similar to the Dior ensemble the Queen's late sister Princess Margaret wore to the racing event 66 years earlier.
The Crown season 3: Helena Bonham Carter CONFIRMED to play Princess Margaret... as she steps out wearing just pyjamas and slippers
03/05/18 18:04
It's official: Helena Bonham Carter will be taking on the role of a middle-aged Princess Margaret.
Mayfair casino once popular with Princess Margaret, Roger Moore and Bond girl Britt Ekland is set to be sold off after closing its doors
30/03/18 10:03
The Clermont casino in Berkley Square, Mayfair, which was frequented by the likes of Roger Moore and Britt Ekland, pictured, has closed its doors after more than 50 years as a centre of London society.
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Princess Margaret as you've never seen her before: Intimate portrait of the royal reveals how she used to help her friend strip wallpaper and loved grilling Oxford dons about history
09/03/18 22:11
I had first met the Princess when Jocelyn Stevens — the owner of Queen magazine, for which both Q and I worked at the time — asked us to a party to which she had also been invited.
IRA 'plotted to kill Princess Margaret with hitman nicknamed The Jackal after she called the Irish 'pigs''
21/01/18 13:21
The IRA plotted to murder Princes Margaret for calling the Irish 'pigs' during an official tour to the US in 1979 a new biography has revealed.
No Margaret, a trifle is not an ashtray! CRAIG BROWN on why his book about the Princess may be finished but the story goes on
19/12/17 02:18
No biography is ever quite complete, even after it is finished. My book Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses Of Princess Margaret came out at the end of September.
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How to party like Princess Margaret: As her style dazzles on The Crown, the High St outfits that’ll give you some Royal glamour
13/12/17 22:15
Princess Margaret was undeniably glamorous, intelligent and attractive to men. As actress Vanessa Kirby depicts the royal in Netflix series The Crown, we uncover how her looks can be recreated.
The truth about Margaret and her very louche lover: The Princess's racy romance with Tony Armstrong-Jones takes centre stage in new series of The Crown
24/11/17 22:30
Author Craig Brown compares Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret in Netflix series The Crown to accounts of Margaret's real life. He says she developed a reputation for being moody.
Success on a plate for Crown's HRH: Actress who plays Princess Margaret is presented with keepsake by Netflix to mark release of second series
24/11/17 02:00
Vanessa Kirby was presented with a commemorative plate by Netflix to mark the imminent release of the second series.
The Crown: 'I'm a woman for the modern age, free to break away!' Vanessa Kirby's Princess Margaret stirs things up as she strips NAKED and straddles a man in new season two trailer
13/11/17 11:30
Another new trailer for the much-anticipated second season of Netflix's The Crown has teased that viewers can expect a wild child in the form of Elizabeth II's sister Princess Margaret.
Princess Margaret exposed!: The Queen's party-loving sister as you've never seen her - in the controversial new series of The Crown
11/11/17 23:38
Princess Margaret dances around clad only in her underwear, a carefree party girl, in the hotly awaited second series of The Crown. The controversial series is will broadcast next month.
'Princess Margaret was someone I could turn to': Susannah Constantine reveals how she relied on the 'warm' royal as her own mother battled with manic depression
31/10/17 11:28
Susannah Constantine, 55, dated the princess's son, David Armstrong Jones, now the Second Earl of Snowdon, in the 1980s. She described how the princess became 'like a mother' to her.
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A VERY regal double-act! Princess Margaret and the Queen recorded songs in secret for their Mother's 90th - but were forced to listen to the now missing tape in their car because they couldn't find the Palace hi-fi
26/09/17 14:26
The music man was asked by Margaret to help her and the Queen make the album. However, they had to listen to their songs in the car - because they couldn't locate the palace hi-fi.
Grander than the Queen and ruder than Prince Philip!: Princess Margaret insisted her friends call her Ma’am and even found her own grandmother a bit common
21/09/17 21:19
‘One does not sit before Royalty sits.’ Princess Margaret told a pregnant woman. Her lavish lifestyle and grand personality is laid bare in new biography by author Craig Brown.
Princess Margaret the maneater: Life on her island hideaway was 'cross between Balmoral and an Ibiza hen party' and it was here she devoured a toyboy at first sight, writes CRAIG BROWN
16/09/17 22:45
Princess Margaret's marriage to Lord Snowdon was attracting comment and her Caribbean hideaway on the island of Mustique appeared an outpost of the Permissive Society.
Her Rude Highness: Beautiful, yes, but not particularly charming, CRAIG BROWN on how Princess Margaret turned pickiness into an art form as she went out of her way to ruffle feathers and put strangers at unease
09/09/17 21:02
Margaret thought the world cruel for seeing her as the negative version of her sister, yet it was also how she came to define herself, writes CRAIG BROWN.
So THAT’S what’s in her handbag! The Queen clutches a purse emblazoned with her friend Archduchess Helen of Austria as she leaves her 80th birthday party at The Ivy
19/05/17 07:58
The monarch, 91, revealed the personalised trinket featuring Margaret with Sarah and David as she left The Ivy restaurant in London after making a rare outing to celebrate a friend's birthday.
TV wrestler 'dealt cocaine to Princess Margaret but police covered up the investigation into the claims'
19/02/17 10:48
Police insiders believe that an investigation into the allegations that a TV wrestler dealt Princess Margaret was halted because officials feared that the probe would cause a large scandal.
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Margaret was spellbindingly sexy, but even she couldn't tame Snowdon: An explosive biography, based on hours of interviews with the man himself, reveals a playboy who bewitched women with his wit and charm
15/01/17 22:35
As our first extract from Anne de Courcy’s explosive biography reveals, Lord Snowdon was a man of immense charisma who bewitched women with his wit — and extraordinarily high libido.
'She was very, very unhappy': The Crown actress reveals how Princess Margaret still felt bitter 20 YEARS after the Queen banned her from marrying her divorced lover
06/11/16 13:57
The Crown actress Vanessa Kirby who stars as Princess Margaret in the Netflix biopic has revealed how the royal never got over being banned from marrying her divorced lover.
Revealed: Princess Margaret rushed into a doomed marriage after receiving a devastating letter from her divorcee love telling her he was getting engaged
21/10/16 23:44
Princess Margaret rushed into a doomed marriage with an-about-town photographer Tony Armstrong-Jones after receiving a devastatingly painful letter from her divorcee love.
Princess Margaret? Arrogant and capricious. Edward? Dull. Charles? Turning into a cyclops. In majestically mischievous diaries, SIR ROY STRONG takes a rapier to his royal encounters
15/10/16 21:02
Now he has released his diaries – which include witty, irreverent and sometimes excoriating views on the House of Windsor, and a beautiful Princess destroyed by ‘50 years of fags and whisky’
Princess Margaret - the original bloody difficult woman: Stephanie Beacham to play the 'lonely' Royal
15/07/16 02:49
The actress, last seen in BBC comedy Boomers, will lead the play A Princess Undone when it begins a short tour at the Arts Theatre in Cambridge on October 19.
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Now THAT's haute couture! Dior returns to Blenheim Palace 62 years after staging an iconic catwalk show in front of guest of honour Princess Margaret
31/05/16 18:47
It is the third time the French fashion house has staged shows at Winston Churchill's birthplace since unveiling collections in front of Princess Margaret in 1954 and 1958 in aid of the Red Cross.

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