this is my drawing room, and there is a photograph i want to show you. lady glenconner�*s childhood memories include play dates with the future queen. the royals were family friends and neighbours. princess elizabeth was a few years older. she's seen here with younger sister margaret, who's staring down enviously at lady anne's silver shoes. what would a typical day down at the beach with princess elizabeth, princess margaret and you and your sister... 7 we were ensconced with our nannies in the children's hut. and, you know, we all had our spades and buckets, but i was so lucky to have had that sort of a wonderful time. the 31st of january 1952. after waving his daughter off on a tour of the commonwealth, king george vi returned back to sandringham. about three days before he died, he was shooting with my father — they were shooting hare — and nobody expected the king to die. the king was part of