Princess Margaret Called ‘Disrespectful’ After Doing This To Banquet Guests

Princess Margaret was called disrespectful after doing something to banquet guests.

Cynthia Gladwyn, the wife of the British ambassador to Paris, said in her 1959 diary that Princess Margaret wanted to convey that she is very much the princess. However, she was someone who was not prepared to stick to the rules if they think they are boring or annoying.

In the Channel 5 documentary “Royal Servants,” Peter Russell, a royal servant from 1954 to 1968 said that Princess Margaret was regarded as someone who is difficult and she lived up to this label.

“At a banquet, for instance, or a big social function, it meant you’d have to, possibly just stand to her left or right with an ashtray, so she didn’t have to look to see where she flickered her ash,” he said.

In the biography “Ma’am Darling,” Princess Margaret was depicted as someone who was very difficult indeed. Author Craig Brown said that Princess Margaret went as far as touching the television to see if it was warm to know if the servants have been watching it when she’s not around.

Princess Margaret was also known as someone who was very competitive and she would instantly throw a tantrum if the competition didn’t go her way.

According to Brown, there was also one instance wherein actor Derek Jacobi had a chummy conversation with Princess Margaret over lunch, and he offered to light her cigarette. Princess Margaret quickly reprimanded her for the gesture.

“You don’t light my cigarette dear. Oh no, you’re not that close,” she reportedly said.

But despite Princess Margaret’s reputation as the royal rebel, she reportedly had a soft heart. Even though she did not necessarily like Princess Diana, Princess Margaret empathized with the late royal.

In the book “Diana,” author Sarah Bradford said that Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister empathized with Princess Diana because she in her a reflection of her own rebellious self.