Princess Margaret

Part imperious royal figure, part femme du monde, Princess Margaret remains the most interesting member of the British royal family. For many years second in line to the throne, she was born with every possible advantage - beauty, vivacity, intelligence, wealth, and position. Yet her nature, as one intimate has put it, "was to make everything go wrong." She has been described as tragic, unresolved, a royal maverick, a woman of conflict, a princess without a cause. Her private life has been racked by scandal; it has been a catalogue of unhappy, unfulfilled, and unsuitable relationships. Her many good points have been submerged in an avalanche of criticism. Dauntingly royal yet defiantly unorthodox, Princess Margaret has spent the greater part of her life torn between meeting the exacting standards of the monarchy and flouting its long-established conventions. Here is the first detailed, in-depth study of this controversial figure, written by a respected royal biographer.