Post by memac62 on Dec 15, 2017 16:51:22 GMT -5
This was taken from the Vanity Fair article The Crown: 13 Real-Life Princess Margaret Stories That'll Make You Love Her More:
13. Recalling a dinner in Los Angeles that Princess Margaret attended with singer Linda Ronstadt and her then-boyfriend, California Governor Jerry Brown,Aronson wrote:
As the Princess’s table was served first, Miss Ronstadt strolled over and, standing behind the Governor’s chair, asked, ‘What are we having to start?’ She then leaned over with the intention of taking a piece of food off his plate in order to taste it. In doing so, she not only put one hand on the Governor’s shoulder, but she also put the other on the Princess’s shoulder. ‘I have seen people shrug many times,’ says Michael Caine, who was watching, ‘but the Princess’s shoulder shrugged like a punch from a boxer and with almost the same effect on Miss Ronstadt. She almost overbalanced and fell on the floor. At no point did Her Royal Highness even look up.
Aronson is Theo Aronson who wrote a biography of the Princess. I'm assuming this story came from that book.
To be honest this story had the opposite effect on me.
13. Recalling a dinner in Los Angeles that Princess Margaret attended with singer Linda Ronstadt and her then-boyfriend, California Governor Jerry Brown,Aronson wrote:
As the Princess’s table was served first, Miss Ronstadt strolled over and, standing behind the Governor’s chair, asked, ‘What are we having to start?’ She then leaned over with the intention of taking a piece of food off his plate in order to taste it. In doing so, she not only put one hand on the Governor’s shoulder, but she also put the other on the Princess’s shoulder. ‘I have seen people shrug many times,’ says Michael Caine, who was watching, ‘but the Princess’s shoulder shrugged like a punch from a boxer and with almost the same effect on Miss Ronstadt. She almost overbalanced and fell on the floor. At no point did Her Royal Highness even look up.
Aronson is Theo Aronson who wrote a biography of the Princess. I'm assuming this story came from that book.
To be honest this story had the opposite effect on me.
