Anne Glenconner
Memoirist and former lady-in-waiting
Anne Glenconner is a British peeress who was a maid of honor at the 1953 coronation and later an extra lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. She wrote the memoir Lady in Waiting.
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British Born 1932 in Queensberry Place, United Kingdom
About Anne Glenconner
Lady Anne Coke came into the world in 1932 as the oldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester. She spent her childhood at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. She married Lord Glenconner in 1956, and in 1958 the couple began work on developing the island of Mustique. From 1971 until Princess Margaret died in 2002, she was an extra lady-in-waiting to the princess. Her 2019 memoir, Lady in Waiting, became a New York Times Best Seller.