I met an old soldier on my last trip to England, and he said she had the most amazing eyes. I thought he was talking about Diana, but he corrected me. Apparently Princess Margaret’s eye color rivaled that of Elizabeth Taylor’s.
@@YaYa-ke1zryes my dad saw her in the 1950s and said she was the most beautiful woman he'd seen. I saw Queen Elizabeth in the 1990s and she had fabulous skin and eyes.
Not all dead. Some who were children or teenagers at the time will be in their late 80s or 90s. The Queen herself famously went out in that crowd and she only died recently!
She and the Queen looked and sounded similar and were always dressed alike as little girls and young women, but Margaret Rose had an ethereal radiance to her. She really was like a rose.
This certainly showed a different side of Princess Margaret than all the tabloids ever showed and talked about, showed her as a much more caring person. Her love for her parents was so obvious. She did sound quite a bit like her sister. I don't remember ever hearing her voice before.
I was thinking the very same. I don't think I had ever heard Princess Margaret speak before. And, you're so right, this shows her in a completely different light from what the rubbish that the gossip mags printed. She really comes across as being very caring and concerned.
She’s the spitting image of her father. Wonderful interview that just shows how the wonderful sense of humour and personality was shared by the Queen and the princess.
She sound so much like the queen! I love how well spoken she is. I could not imagine having lived through WWII. The closeness of her with her parents and sister is so obvious and I am glad they had each other to lean on!
What strikes me the most about this interview is how much Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret resembles Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. I did not see much resemblance between them when they were young women, but as older women it seems so much more obvious in their speech, in their smiles and in their humor.
To me she looks a lot like Princess Anne here. Funny how children can resemble their aunts and uncles almost more than their own parents at times - just different traits expressing themselves.
I think Princess Anne is a lot like her late Aunt Princess Margaret. I say this not meaning she’s not like her mother the Queen only that she has the rebellious side of the late Princess.
It was such a shame that H.R.H Princess Margaret went in the end in 2002 the same year as her Mother at the age of 71 and the Queen Mother was a 101 and now the Queen is Reunighted with H.R.H Prince Philip and the rest of her family
Princess Margaret visited Plymouth in the 70's. A very nice police officer took me into the middle of the main road, where I could video her as she went by. She gave a wave and a smile. Princess Margaret was a beautiful looking young woman.
it's so heartwarming to see how much their little family loved each other in their own bubble despite the life they lived. you can see it in her eyes and when she talks about her dad
Margaret had a lovely warmth and sparkle about her. You can really sense that the "grooming" invested into her was much lower than would have been for Elizabeth, being the heiress. Consequently she seemed immediately much more relatable to us ordinary rank and file folk. You get the same sort of sense from Prince Edward today.
Her close friends all said she was quite grand and rather short tempered and haughty. But she could be quite a lot of fun, too. She played the piano and sang popular songs of the day. But she drank and smokes endlessly.
I love how well spoken and intelligent she was. She used the phrase "vicarious nerves", in reference to the feeling she got when her father was giving a speech, as if it just rolled off her tongue. Wonderful.
She was exceptionally intelligent. Her friends have said that she always resented the lack of education she got as a child, in comparison to her sister who was taught extensively.
That’s just how that generation spoke, and that applies to every language. People used to have a much larger vocabulary than the current generations. Whenever I’m with my grandmother I’m reminded of words that have fallen into disuse, like the word “disuse” lol I’m Portuguese and we have the same word, spelled “desuso”. Having said that though, vicarious is not exactly the fanciest word; there’s that expression “to live vicariously through someone”. Anyone that is not a simpleton knows that saying and can determine the meaning of the word “vicarious” through the adverb and its context in that saying. I’m not even a native English speaker and I know it, so it’s hardly upper English.
@@heucatia Hi, native English speaker here (also with degrees in English). I grew up in the UK and have mingled across different social groups all my life due to how I was raised. 'Vicarious' isn't a word that is normally used by everyday working class lay people - unfortunately there are a lot more 'simpletons' in the anglophone world than you think! Especially these days when more people prefer to pick up a phone than to read a book.
Sad. Most articles say she was Cold, Indifferent or plain Rude. I don't get that about her at all in this interview. In fact, she smiles a lot and seems to carry the conversation. Which is a Reporters dream. In fact Prince (King) Charles once commented what a delightful gift she had to make everyone laugh. Maybe all that crap was just made up to sell papers....RIP Princess Margaret.
I hate how in The Crown, Princess Margaret is portrayed as resentful of the Queen, and as if they were barely friends as adults, when in real life it was the absolute opposite.
You can tell how dearly she loved her father The King. What a lovely smile. RIP King George VI RIP Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother RIP Princess Margaret RIP The Duke of Edinburgh
I see a resemblance in them as kids and adults! But I can see the difference too! I know which one was Margaret, and which one was the queen! Even before the queen got the throne, I can tell the difference. They were beautiful, especially when they were young! And had class, I guess they should have. They were royalty. I do hear her voice sounding similar to the Queen's on this interview. But I can still tell the difference!
She was a strikingly beautiful and vivacious spirit and try as they might, they couldn’t bend her to their will for most of her active life. I would have loved to have her as a friend! :)
If only she had lived a much longer life like her late mother HM Queen Elizabeth (RIP), her late brother-in-law Prince Philip (RIP). The Queen would have really enjoyed her support and humour right now. RIP HM Princess Margaret. God Bless. My darling late mother born in October of 1930 in England was also named Margaret, after the late princess. God Bless you too Mummy.
When you see this, you realise how very little footage there is where you can see Margaret and hear her speak at some length. She is very like the Queen here, in looks and voice.
I met HRH many times was very petite and was always very nice to me .People did say was difficult at times but im sure it was quite boring some engagments .But im glad i met all those royals that are no longer with us .Great memories.
This was a very important interview. As the Queen did not give interviews this shows a lot of information from a Royal child’s perspective of an insane and war torn time.
Princess Margaret got a raw deal from the press. Labelled a rebel and a party fiend. It always appeared to me, the partying was a substitute for her loneliness. Had she been able to marry Townsend. Who knows what might have happened. He was there when her sister married and her father died. He was that stability. So sad that she died relatively young
For someone who report ably smoked 60 Cigis a day and was a heavy daily drinker for decades making it to your early 70’s is really not that young. Comparably so to her sister and mother a bit younger but understandably so having lived a much harder life.
I remember while growing up I used to think Margaret looked very intimidating. This is the first time I’ve heard her speak and she sounds like she was a lot of fun to be around. So nicely spoken and humble given her extravagant lifestyle. What a shame she couldn’t enjoy her later years. The bond she had with her sister until the very end was extraordinary.
the interview I think it was in the 80s, she was beautiful even when "mature" rest in peace Princess Margaret. 💓💓💓😍👸 PS: Margaret is identical to her father... in everything!! She has the same face… I think George VI was so at her age as her.
Glad to see this video.. shows a side of Princess Margaret not a lot of people got to see.. she was genuine and charming and most pleasant - she seemed to revel in the memories.
How much more ‘grounded’ than so many leaders today who have no sense of what war is really like, of having other people control what happens in your life right now. She seems lovely actually. The king and queen seem to have so loved their girls. I guess during wartime whats really important become so apparent.
Margaret wasn't just beautiful. She was intelligent, modernized and capable. A wonderful pianist, sensitive and caring mother. Always loyal to her sister and to the crown no matter what. Unfortunately she was bullied hard by the press, misunderstood and misrepresented.
I thought aww it’s princess Margaret, then when she spoke I thought oh wait no it’s The Queen. They sound exactly the same. They are both together now. 😢
It's fascinating to me that so many people think Margaret Rose and Elizabeth spoke identically. To my ear they sound completely dissimilar from one another.
This is simply grand! My goodness, it’s like viewing gold! How lovely and down to earth she appears. Just a wonderful historic video! Thank you for sharing this!
Very nice of you to post this. It is very satisfying to put a voice to the pictures. Her point of view throughout history. Oh, and what luck she had to live the life she lived. It had to be spectacular beyond words.
What living through a world war, not being allowed to marry the man she loved because he was a divorcee, fair game for the media every day of your life even though you were never going to be 'the one'? Very spectacular!!!
Margareth was a very very beautiful woman!!!!!!!!!! When she was young she looked like a pin up model of the '50s
Agreed, however her behaviour was another matter.
She wouldn't have a 3 string pearl necklace it had to be 5.
I wouldn’t say pin up model beauty, but she was attractive.
I met an old soldier on my last trip to England, and he said she had the most amazing eyes. I thought he was talking about Diana, but he corrected me. Apparently Princess Margaret’s eye color rivaled that of Elizabeth Taylor’s.
@@YaYa-ke1zryes my dad saw her in the 1950s and said she was the most beautiful woman he'd seen. I saw Queen Elizabeth in the 1990s and she had fabulous skin and eyes.
To imagine that everyone in that video is now dead, once they were celebrating with joy, and now there are just but a memory.. how cruel time is.
Not all dead. Some who were children or teenagers at the time will be in their late 80s or 90s. The Queen herself famously went out in that crowd and she only died recently!
I was just thinking the same thing. Everyone was so happy then.
They’re not all dead. I still have family who lived through the war. They’re getting on a bit but they’re still very much here!
I’m sure there are some still alive. Not many, but some.
She and the Queen looked and sounded similar and were always dressed alike as little girls and young women, but Margaret Rose had an ethereal radiance to her. She really was like a rose.
She sounds so much like her late Majesty, the voice, the tone, the accent (which I love)!
This certainly showed a different side of Princess Margaret than all the tabloids ever showed and talked about, showed her as a much more caring person. Her love for her parents was so obvious. She did sound quite a bit like her sister. I don't remember ever hearing her voice before.
I was thinking the very same. I don't think I had ever heard Princess Margaret speak before. And, you're so right, this shows her in a completely different light from what the rubbish that the gossip mags printed. She really comes across as being very caring and concerned.
@@sashineb.2114 Didn’t you hear her on “Desert Island Discs” radio programme in 1980s?
Princess Margaret was unfairly treated by the tabloid press.
I so agree with you
@@margaretlavender9647 yes she was very good on the programme
I have never seen Princess Margaret more composed, nor more animated. God rest her soul.
She adored her Father🥺❤️.
Relatable 😭
She’s the spitting image of her father. Wonderful interview that just shows how the wonderful sense of humour and personality was shared by the Queen and the princess.
She does look so much like her father. 😍
Absolutely. I had never seen how close the resemblance was before. I would be interested to know when this was filmed.
She sound so much like the queen! I love how well spoken she is. I could not imagine having lived through WWII. The closeness of her with her parents and sister is so obvious and I am glad they had each other to lean on!
Goodness her voice and accent. More like a younger twin of Elizabeth.
What strikes me the most about this interview is how much Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret resembles Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. I did not see much resemblance between them when they were young women, but as older women it seems so much more obvious in their speech, in their smiles and in their humor.
To me she looks a lot like Princess Anne here. Funny how children can resemble their aunts and uncles almost more than their own parents at times - just different traits expressing themselves.
They both resemble their Grandmother, Queen Mary of Teck
I think Princess Anne is a lot like her late Aunt Princess Margaret. I say this not meaning she’s not like her mother the Queen only that she has the rebellious side of the late Princess.
@@Bubble170 I agree, how fascinating
It was such a shame that H.R.H Princess Margaret went in the end in 2002 the same year as her Mother at the age of 71 and the Queen Mother was a 101 and now the Queen is Reunighted with H.R.H Prince Philip and the rest of her family
She seemed like a charming and charismatic lady.
She's so pretty ..looks a very caring person..Heartwarming
Wow to hear her speak about her father’s difficulty to speak in public
Princess Margret was a very special lady, beautiful
So nice to see this side of Princess Margaret , a caring and eloquent lady .
So wonderful to hear proper English being spoken.
She sounds a lot like the Queen.
Yes. I'm glad you pointed it out. It sounds so superior!!
Princess M sounds so much like Her Majesty ♥️
Margaret was so stunning!
Princess Margaret was such a charming woman, beautiful.
I love hearing her speak with such class and proper. I wish she would have lived longer than she did.
she was never going to live a long life so she lived her life to the fullest and on her terms
She was 71. That's a decent length.
Princess Margaret visited Plymouth in the 70's. A very nice police officer took me into the middle of the main road, where I could video her as she went by. She gave a wave and a smile. Princess Margaret was a beautiful looking young woman.
She was truly passionate about art and music.
it's so heartwarming to see how much their little family loved each other in their own bubble despite the life they lived. you can see it in her eyes and when she talks about her dad
So nice to hear her speak ,so warm,
Sounds like our Queen Elizabeth 🙏🇬🇧💯 may she rest in peace ☮️🙏
Dear Princess Margaret a true light in our lives Sorely missed
Princess Margaret was always enchanting! So charming ! She will be forever in our hearts!
What a warm, intelligent woman ❤
HM King George VI once said in an interview when he was asked about the 2 princesses, Elizabeth was his pride, & Margaret is his joy
She seems so happy and you can tell that she still mises her father , the King.
Princess Margaret has such a beautiful smile.
Margaret had a lovely warmth and sparkle about her. You can really sense that the "grooming" invested into her was much lower than would have been for Elizabeth, being the heiress. Consequently she seemed immediately much more relatable to us ordinary rank and file folk. You get the same sort of sense from Prince Edward today.
I Guess she knew she didn't have that burden on her shoulders so she could be more chilled
Her close friends all said she was quite grand and rather short tempered and haughty. But she could be quite a lot of fun, too. She played the piano and sang popular songs of the day. But she drank and smokes endlessly.
I love how well spoken and intelligent she was. She used the phrase "vicarious nerves", in reference to the feeling she got when her father was giving a speech, as if it just rolled off her tongue. Wonderful.
She was exceptionally intelligent. Her friends have said that she always resented the lack of education she got as a child, in comparison to her sister who was taught extensively.
Yes, I liked that phrase.
That’s just how that generation spoke, and that applies to every language. People used to have a much larger vocabulary than the current generations. Whenever I’m with my grandmother I’m reminded of words that have fallen into disuse, like the word “disuse” lol I’m Portuguese and we have the same word, spelled “desuso”. Having said that though, vicarious is not exactly the fanciest word; there’s that expression “to live vicariously through someone”. Anyone that is not a simpleton knows that saying and can determine the meaning of the word “vicarious” through the adverb and its context in that saying. I’m not even a native English speaker and I know it, so it’s hardly upper English.
@@heucatia Hi, native English speaker here (also with degrees in English). I grew up in the UK and have mingled across different social groups all my life due to how I was raised. 'Vicarious' isn't a word that is normally used by everyday working class lay people - unfortunately there are a lot more 'simpletons' in the anglophone world than you think! Especially these days when more people prefer to pick up a phone than to read a book.
She adored her Daddy. They were such a close knit group of four.
This is such a marvellous interview. I think Princess Margaret was really beautiful and very warm at the same time.
Sad. Most articles say she was Cold, Indifferent or plain Rude. I don't get that about her at all in this interview. In fact, she smiles a lot and seems to carry the conversation. Which is a Reporters dream. In fact Prince (King) Charles once commented what a delightful gift she had to make everyone laugh. Maybe all that crap was just made up to sell papers....RIP Princess Margaret.
The best comment i have ever read for this wonderful lady.....
100%
What an incredibly rare piece of footage. There hardly exists any video of Margaret directly, on the internet.
She had a sad life in many ways but from what I’ve heard was a kind person and very loyal to her sister.
I hate how in The Crown, Princess Margaret is portrayed as resentful of the Queen, and as if they were barely friends as adults, when in real life it was the absolute opposite.
I heard she had all the Fun
this has none of her reputed prickliness or stuffiness....in fact, she responds quite willingly to constant questioning
You can tell how dearly she loved her father The King. What a lovely smile.
RIP King George VI
RIP Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
RIP Princess Margaret
RIP The Duke of Edinburgh
Long live The Queen
RIP Queen Elizabeth II
RIP Queen Elizabeth ll 😢
rip the queen
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II
A wonderful Royal Family ⭐️❤️❤️❤️❤️⭐️
She was lovely 💔
She was charming and funny but also very respectful.
The love and respect for her parents is very touching. Princess Margaret always had a special quality all her own.
Sounded so much like the late Queen in parts of this.....the smile as well. Can see Princess Anne in her too.
Their parents made sure that Elizabeth and Margaret had a wonderful, normal upbringing.
I love margaret. She is such a beautiful woman !!! I wish she is still alive today with her sister.
Now they've both gone.
They are together now….
@@ellie-tk4jy Yes, gone forever. So sad.
I see a resemblance in them as kids and adults! But I can see the difference too! I know which one was Margaret, and which one was the queen! Even before the queen got the throne, I can tell the difference. They were beautiful, especially when they were young! And had class, I guess they should have. They were royalty. I do hear her voice sounding similar to the Queen's on this interview. But I can still tell the difference!
Princess margaret waved and smiled at me when I was a kid in the 60's
Wonderful to see Princess Margaret and hear her version of events especially her empathy which did not always come across.
Princess Margaret sounds alike the Queen ❤️❤️
One of the best interviews of a Windsor I’ve seen.
She was a strikingly beautiful and vivacious spirit and try as they might, they couldn’t bend her to their will for most of her active life. I would have loved to have her as a friend! :)
If only she had lived a much longer life like her late mother HM Queen Elizabeth (RIP), her late brother-in-law Prince Philip (RIP). The Queen would have really enjoyed her support and humour right now. RIP HM Princess Margaret. God Bless. My darling late mother born in October of 1930 in England was also named Margaret, after the late princess. God Bless you too Mummy.
Well theyre all together now, in God's hands. Rest to all of them
Unfortunately it was lung cancer that got her.
How was she named after Princess Margaret when they were born in the same year?
@@gemmacade9963 likely born after the Princess
@@softshallow7435 No, she died of multiple strokes.
Now she is together again with her sister your majesty queen lilibeth 😭😭😭😭
they have the same smile and the sparkle in the eyes
What a beautiful interview so much like her sister our beautiful Queen xx
Sad she died so young.
RIP- the family is together again 😢
She was not too young at 71. She took after her father while the Queen took after her mother in longevity.
she is so charming and eloquent.
She is not a spare but a royal. She made her choice. She was loyal to the queen. Lioness.
When you see this, you realise how very little footage there is where you can see Margaret and hear her speak at some length. She is very like the Queen here, in looks and voice.
I love Princess Margarets giggle
I love her laugh too
I met HRH many times was very petite and was always very nice to me .People did say was difficult at times but im sure it was quite boring some engagments .But im glad i met all those royals that are no longer with us .Great memories.
Thanks for sharing!
This was a very important interview. As the Queen did not give interviews this shows a lot of information from a Royal child’s perspective of an insane and war torn time.
Princess Margaret had a wonderful personality.
Princess Margaret got a raw deal from the press. Labelled a rebel and a party fiend. It always appeared to me, the partying was a substitute for her loneliness. Had she been able to marry Townsend. Who knows what might have happened. He was there when her sister married and her father died. He was that stability. So sad that she died relatively young
For someone who report ably smoked 60 Cigis a day and was a heavy daily drinker for decades making it to your early 70’s is really not that young. Comparably so to her sister and mother a bit younger but understandably so having lived a much harder life.
So talented so misunderstood!
I remember while growing up I used to think Margaret looked very intimidating. This is the first time I’ve heard her speak and she sounds like she was a lot of fun to be around. So nicely spoken and humble given her extravagant lifestyle. What a shame she couldn’t enjoy her later years. The bond she had with her sister until the very end was extraordinary.
I Attended princess Margaret Secondary. I Couldn't be more proud.
She is so similar to Princess Anne . All her mannerisms❤
I think princess Anne is very similar to princess margaret
the interview I think it was in the 80s, she was beautiful even when "mature" rest in peace Princess Margaret. 💓💓💓😍👸
PS: Margaret is identical to her father... in everything!! She has the same face… I think George VI was so at her age as her.
You can really hear the family resemblance in Princess Margaret's voice that she is related to Her Late Majesty The Queen.
Their voice is their mother’s she sounded like both their daughters
Glad to see this video.. shows a side of Princess Margaret not a lot of people got to see.. she was genuine and charming and most pleasant - she seemed to revel in the memories.
I now know Princess Margaret was a nice person, thanks to this video
After watching this, I rest my case on Vanessa Kirby’s exceptional performance playing princess Margaret in The Crown.
How much more ‘grounded’ than so many leaders today who have no sense of what war is really like, of having other people control what happens in your life right now. She seems lovely actually. The king and queen seem to have so loved their girls. I guess during wartime whats really important become so apparent.
Such a beautiful interview with a Great Princess. HRH Princess Margaret Rose was a Great beauty!
This is great!!! To hear her speak in a normal setting is refreshing!!!
How amazing to have her recount of this history
Very open and insightful answers. Enjoyed her story telling as well as her accent.
Amazing. Wish I knew more about her. She seems like a wonderful lady
Margaret wasn't just beautiful. She was intelligent, modernized and capable. A wonderful pianist, sensitive and caring mother. Always loyal to her sister and to the crown no matter what. Unfortunately she was bullied hard by the press, misunderstood and misrepresented.
She was a beautiful lady, sounds like the queen
Thank you for posting this, what a wonderful insight into that era, and those people. You could really feel the joy in those VE Day clips.
This is a delight….thank you for uploading
I love ❤️ Princess Margaret.
She was always portrayed as a wayward floozy in the media but in reality was an intelligent caring thoughtful person.
OMG their voices are axactly the same!!!
Wow, I’ve never seen Princess Margaret like this before. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually heard her speak!
She was so pretty and I love her giggle!!
My Friend Richard Astbury is the interviewer..This was recorded about 1991
Amazing!
Thanks for this info.
They really looked like each other!like twins
I thought aww it’s princess Margaret, then when she spoke I thought oh wait no it’s The Queen. They sound exactly the same. They are both together now. 😢
It's fascinating to me that so many people think Margaret Rose and Elizabeth spoke identically. To my ear they sound completely dissimilar from one another.
@@jasonhurd4379 it’s just the intonation and Margaret is a bit heavier and deeply settled, the queen was more crispy and sharper
I love this bcuz it shows how the royal family had a funny side to them… would have loved to hear all the funny things they probably said!
This is simply grand! My goodness, it’s like viewing gold! How lovely and down to earth she appears. Just a wonderful historic video! Thank you for sharing this!
What ever has happened to the old (perfect) British language..??? 💂👅accent..
What a lovely interview!
What a momentous occasion! 🎊🎉🙌🙌👐
Very intereresting interview. She talks openly and with perspective about actual historical events
Very nice of you to post this. It is very satisfying to put a voice to the pictures. Her point of view throughout history. Oh, and what luck she had to live the life she lived. It had to be spectacular beyond words.
What living through a world war, not being allowed to marry the man she loved because he was a divorcee, fair game for the media every day of your life even though you were never going to be 'the one'? Very spectacular!!!