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A review by ananasparachute
The Little Princesses by Marion Crawford
3.0
Generally a good book.
It is wise to bear in mind that it was written in a different time, when biographers (even unauthorized ones such as this) didn't tend to "spill the tea" on their subjects like they do now. The Royal Family was treated with much more reverence.
This is, then, a simple little tale about the governess that looked after the then-Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. There are no life-shattering or surprising revelations, just sweet stories about their childhood and Elizabeth's courtship with Philip.
"Crawfie", as the children called her, obviously loved and was deeply devoted to the family, even postponing her marriage til after the war and continuing to live with the family to look after Princess Margaret after her own and Princess Elizabeth's marriage. That kind of devotion is rare and I'm not sure if that would happen in today's world.
This will really not tell you anything deep about the royal family, but it's a nice little tale about them.
It is wise to bear in mind that it was written in a different time, when biographers (even unauthorized ones such as this) didn't tend to "spill the tea" on their subjects like they do now. The Royal Family was treated with much more reverence.
This is, then, a simple little tale about the governess that looked after the then-Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. There are no life-shattering or surprising revelations, just sweet stories about their childhood and Elizabeth's courtship with Philip.
"Crawfie", as the children called her, obviously loved and was deeply devoted to the family, even postponing her marriage til after the war and continuing to live with the family to look after Princess Margaret after her own and Princess Elizabeth's marriage. That kind of devotion is rare and I'm not sure if that would happen in today's world.
This will really not tell you anything deep about the royal family, but it's a nice little tale about them.