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...yeah, and if prince (or princess) charming comes along, be just a bit skeptical...
...early 1990s, reporters came looking for material about Japan’s Crown Princess Masako ’85, who had worked at the institute during her years at Harvard and whose marriage was then in the news...
...Princess' death came as something of a shock - in fact, it was her 101-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, whose ill health had been the focus of public concern for months. Yet Margaret too had been unwell. When last seen in public, just before Christmas, she was confined to a wheelchair, her face disfiguringly puffy - apparently from medication - and shrouded by enormous dark glasses. With both her left side and her eyesight seriously affected by strokes, Margaret was a frail, spectral figure - in poignant contrast to the vibrant young woman who once rewrote the book on proper...
Five years later, in 1960, the 29-year-old princess married another commoner, society photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. He was made the Earl of Snowdon, the couple had two children and they enjoyed an active lifestyle that was unconventional for a royal at the time. There were parties with pop stars, writers and actors like Peter Sellers, a favorite of Margaret's. But eventually the constraints and duties of royalty began to irk Snowdon. After about seven years, the marriage began to disintegrate and blazing rows were common. In 1974 Margaret suffered a nervous breakdown. Four years later the couple...
...paid tribute to his "darling aunt." Said he: "She had such a wonderfully free spirit. She loved life and lived it to the full." She had incredible musical talents and a very sharp mind, he noted, and she would be hugely missed by his family. For all her faults, Princess Margaret will also be missed by many Britons. If nothing else, the passionate, unpredictable princess brought life and color to a royal family once more famed for duty than for sparkle...