Did Princess Margaret really age horribly due to years of drink, drugs and too much sun?

I think she was the loveliest Royal bride. Cute, dorky husband, too.

I don't think she looks *that* bad, but yes maybe a little older than her years. She's 61 now.

That said, it doesn't look like she's wearing much (if any) make up in that photo. I suspect if she was, it'd take some of the years off.

Her sons though....

Who?

Bad genes. That famy is unfortunate looking.

She's morphing into cousin Anne territory...

She has a very distinct style and is usually one of the best dressed at any royal wedding. She doesn’t appear to wear makeup, I mean I’m sure she does, it’s just very subtle.

Sorry...family. Laying in bed typing on a phone.

I would say the sons are pretty cute, R5, when compared with other royal offspring. They at least don’t have that horsey inbred look.

The Windsors all resemble horses R9. Which particular sons are you discussing?

Doubting Thomas at r10. Lazy, too.

Rose Nyland’s sons, R10

Yes, R11. I'm lazing in bed right now. This thread is about Margaret, a Windsor. Inbred and horsey looking.

[quote]Did Princess Margaret really age horribly due to years of drink, drugs and too much sun?

Absolutely not ! It was her daily regime of yoga, five mile jog, protein shakes, and a vegetarian diet. That's what did it to her !

That is simply a poor photo of Sarah Chatto. As mentioned she has a definite style that she sticks to, it suits her slim figure and she is always one of the best dressed amongst the royal ladies. She also wears very little makeup.

I suppose Margaret had cosmetic work done, but even in her later years and dotage, she didn't look nearly as worn as Lady Sarah.

At 60. (in April 1990)

At age 60, R16, but with the hairstyle of a 90 year old.

It is mainly the lack of eye makeup (brow and lash) that makes the difference in these pics

They don't seem to use the right products for skin care. No moisturizers!!! But yes, I also see a bit of the Princess Royal in her face. Do remember, even though many of us remember her father as a hottie, in his later years Anthony Armstrong Jones didn't age well either. T'was the drink that done it. He and Margaret drank like pigs. Sarah Chatto might have been ill, dealing with health issue and medications can do that to you.

The Queen was very fond of Lady Sarah.

Does this branch really deserve its own thread? Why can’t this be buried in the existing BRFB thread.

*!BRF BULLSHIT

Margaret drank and smoked for decades and it aged her terribly.

Yes, Veruca darling at r21.

R3 made me look closer to Arthur and Samuel Chatto, especially the older one, Arthur, and I must say that I agree with the "woof!".

Ha - R24 I just went to grab the link you posted.

The hotness!

All teeth

R20 She was indeed. But then she was close to Margaret so it made sense she was very fond of her niece.

Margaret could apparently be very trying at times. I know there were lots of stories about her, but I never knew what to believe. However, I read one of her lady in waiting's books (Anne Glenconner) and she backed a lot of those stories up. Not in a nasty way though; she was clearly friendly with Margaret.

I recall one story she told where they were in New York and she decided last minute she didn't want to go to a Broadway show that she was expected at. Anne encouraged her by saying how the cast and theatre staff were all expecting her and eventually managed to coax her into going. But imagine being so selfish that you could think it was OK to drop out of something like that unless you were ill (she wasn't).

Sarah seems the complete opposite - a friendly and hardworking lady who shuns the spotlight. Good on her.

[quote]Margaret drank and smoked for decades and it aged her terribly."

Better that than living like a nun. She was a victim of the gene pool, and her drinking and smoking took their toll, but she had fun. Good for her.

"What good is sitting alone in your room? Come, hear the music play....Life is a cabaret, old chum..."

I would have killed to have been invited to one of Margaret’s infamous dinner parties where she trashed everyone.

Richard Eyre kept a diary when running the National Theatre in London. Margaret made her entrance at a much-anticipated opening, it might have been "Sunday In The Park With George." Eyre greeted her with a warm appreciative welcome, hoping she would have a wonderful evening. To which she said, "I hate Sondheim."

Margaret didn't care for Jews

Has anyone read Ma’am Darling?

Lady Glenconner still goes out of her way to bring up how cruel it was.

I tried to link it, but it won’t let me.

Princess Margaret: Queen of Mustique

R32 I want to read it.

This review has me curious - who is John Bindon, and how big was his apparently substantial penis?

[quote] thought she was so lovely at her wedding.

You were blind. She was always unattractive

R32: "M'am Darling" was meant to be a bit cheeky. Her Lady in Waiting was more sympathetic, but they both paint her as someone who couldn't reconcile being royal and rather common. Consequently, she could be haughty when it was inappropriate and "common" in the worst way.

It’s the brows and the contrast between the dyed hair and the almost invisible brows.

But she does look more wrinkled than I would expect for a 61 year-old.

Inbreeding, OP. You can see it with the teeth and long noses, OP.

Sarah and Anne were attractive when younger, but the recessive genes came out as they aged.

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret were attractive in an English sort of way.

Lady Sarah Chatto is an accomplished artist and is very down to earth.