The Little Princesses
The extraordinary story of the Queen's childhood by her Nanny
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The Little Princesses
Narrated by:
Sophie Roberts
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Narrated by:
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Sophie Roberts
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Written by:
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Marion Crawford
About this listen
The touching and ground-breaking story of the Queen's childhood as told by her nanny, revealing the royal family's life before The Crown.
Now, more than ever, the Royal Family's private lives are no longer private. Marion Crawford, or 'Crawfie', as she was known to the Queen and Princess Margaret, became governess to the children of the Duke and Duchess of York in the early 1930s, little suspecting she was nurturing the future Queen.
Beginning at their quiet family home in Piccadilly and ending with the birth of Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in 1948, Crawfie tells how she brought the princesses up to exist in their royal world, whilst also exposing them to the reality of underground trains, buses and swimming lessons.
First published in 1950, The Little Princesses created an instant furore: Crawfie was demonised by the press and the Queen Mother - who had been a great friend and who had, Crawfie maintained, given her permission to write the account - never spoke to her again.
'A unique insight into the isolated childhood of the future queen and her sister' Daily Mail
Critic Reviews
A valuable piece of social history, detailing every aspect of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood through the crucial years of the abdication and the war, as well as Lilibet's courtship and marriage . . . Crawfie produced an important social document, taking us behind the palace walls to enjoy a unique insight into the isolated childhood of the future queen and her sister
An utterly charming depiction of a wholesome childhood in a loving family
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