Summary of Anne Glenconner's Lady in Waiting EPUB

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The author’s family crest is an ostrich swallowing an iron horseshoe, symbolizing their ability to digest anything, in honor of his mother’s ability to bring out the fun in him and balance him out.

#2 I was brought up by nannies, who were in charge of the ins and outs of daily life. My mother did not wash or dress me or my sister Carey, nor did she feed us or put us to bed. She would interject daily life with treats and days out.

#3 The Earl of Leicester, Holkham’s owner, was a curmudgeon who had spent his last years lying in a truckle bed in the state rooms. He wore tin-framed spectacles, and when he went outside, he would go around the park in a horse-drawn carriage.

#4 My father was Equerry to the Duke of York and his sister, Lady Mary Harvey, was Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of York after she became Queen. When the Duke of York was crowned King George VI in 1937, my father became his Extra Equerry.