The Queen speaks out about her sister Margaret’s affair with toyboy lover
Speculation regarding the late Princess Margaret’s love life have persisted for decades, but in an explosive new documentary titled Elizabeth: Our Queen, Her Majesty has finally addressed the rumours.
In the eight-part TV special, a member of the royal inner circle has opened up about the Queen’s thoughts on her sister’s affair with a man 17 years her junior, landscape gardener Roddy Llewellyn.
Margaret, who was 43 years old and a mum of two at the time, was introduced to the then-25-year-old Llewellyn by a close friend, Lady Anne Glenconner. What followed was an eight-year secret relationship with the Princess, inevitably leading to her divorce from Antony-Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
Now, Lady Anne has broken her silence on the scandal, revealing in the documentary what the Queen said to her at Margaret’s 2002 funeral.
“It was difficult for the Queen and I felt rather guilty always having introduced Roddy to Princess Margaret,” she said.
“But after Princess Margaret’s funeral the Queen, she said, ‘I’d just like to say Anne, it was rather difficult at moments, but I thank you so much introducing Princess Margaret to Roddy because he made her really happy.’”
After Margaret and Llewellyn went their separate ways, he went on to marry Tatiana Soskin, with whom he had three daughters. The Princess remained good friends with the couple, and Llewellyn attended Margaret’s memorial in 2002.