The Queen admitted to feeling concerned about her family members not being “important anymore” in the eye of the British public after all attention moved to her and her family. Her Majesty was reportedly worried Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother would become “lonely” as she became the head of the Royal Family following the death of her father, King George VI, in 1952. Margaret’s biographer Christopher Warwick reported the Queen had wrote to a friend voicing her concerns about her sister after losing their beloved father.
Speaking to Channel 5’s ‘Elizabeth and Margaret: Love and Loyalty’, Mr Warwick said: “In my view, the great love of Princess Margaret’s life was her father.
“She absolutely adored him. And his death, bear in mind she was only 21, just absolutely floored her. She was devastated.
“But Margaret through this whole period was very much on her own, she was very much alone. And Princess Elizabeth, who had instantly become Queen, was very much aware of this.
“She wrote to a friend saying that, ‘I have a husband, I have children. I have a job to do but for my mother and sister, they will find it terribly lonely’.”
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Historian Dr Kate Williams said Her Majesty had witnessed with concerns her sister being “sidelined” when she ascended the throne.
Dr Williams said: “It’s very, very difficult for Margaret and the Queen Mother.
“All of a sudden, they’re not important anymore. They were always the Royal Family, now they’re not. It’s the Queen and Philip now who are important.
“Margaret’s importance has been completely displaced by her sister and it’s hard for Elizabeth to see her sister suddenly sidelined.
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Channel 5 narrator Kate Fleetwood said: “From now on, Margaret would stand beside her sister, back to the way they used to be.
“During the 1980s and 1990s, Margaret went into royal overdrive, supporting her sister in an endless round of duties.”
Historian Dr Ed Owens said: “She withdraws back into the family fold of the broader Royal Family.
“We see her basically saying enough is enough with the sensation, enough is enough with the gossip. Enough of the scandal.”
