There were also tales of journeys with the princesses on the London Underground and recollections of the sisters' squabbles when they had to wear hats with elastic straps. Later, in 1936, she delivered the news to Elizabeth and Margaret that their father had become the King - after his brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson.ĭuring the Second World War, Crawfie rushed the princesses down to the dungeons of Windsor Castle amid the threat of German bombs. She was sitting up in bed and using two dressing gown cords attached to her bedposts to pretend to drive her horses. Above: The nanny with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in 1939

Her book, The Little Princesses, recounted the moment that 'Crawfie' - as she was affectionately known - met the future Queen, then aged just six.Īlthough Marian Crawford of course did not outlive the Queen, her tell-all memoir of her time as nanny to the then Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret was released in 1950, two years before the death of her former boss, King George VI.

She spent 17 years shepherding the young princesses through their early lives, collecting anecdotes that she would later reveal to the world. Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford - Nanny to Princess Elizabeth and Princess MargaretĪlthough Marian Crawford of course did not outlive the Queen, her tell-all memoir of her time as nanny to the then Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret was released in 1950, two years before the death of her former boss, King George VI.Īlthough the revelations were harmless - providing wonderful windows into the lives of the nation's favourite princesses - Crawford was shunned and disgraced by the Royal Family and spent the rest of her life an outcast.Ĭrawford had taken up her post in the early 1930s, when Elizabeth and Margaret's father - then the Duke of York - had no inkling that he would become monarch. Above: Kelly (right) with the Queen and Vogue editor Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week in 2018 But, as revealed last month, Kelly has been 'cut off' by King Charles since Her Late Majesty's death. Queen Elizabeth's former close aide Angela Kelly served as a confidante and dresser to the late monarch for more than 20 years.

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