![]() On another, imagining PM being the elder sister and subsequently queen giving the 1977 Christmas broadcast “not because I want to, but because I must”. At times, as well, Brown chooses to invent reality much like in his “Diary” – on one occasion having PM marry Pablo Picasso, who in real life lusted after her. The 99 glimpses come from the personal memoirs, diaries, publications, recorded gossip and so on of people who met, entertained, befriended, were employed by or reacted variously to Queen Elizabeth II’s only sibling. For Brown there is no need to lop this tall poppy – his tall poppy sources do it for him. But all in the swim of society – if only as not so humble retainers. The glimpses in this book are from the many who crossed PM’s path – people of status and people of none. ![]() As Rachel Cooke for The Observer remarked, “I wonder if he hasn’t reinvented the biographical form.” ![]() It helps to be a fan of Britain’s Private Eye to enjoy and fully appreciate what Craig Brown, the satirist who created “The Diary” for Private Eye, has achieved with his recent portrait of a princess in Ma’am Darling – 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret. Ma’am Darling – 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret ![]()
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