UPrincess Margate, udadewabo weNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth

UPrincess Margate,inhle owalahlekelwa yimpilo phakathi kokuthanda nokunganaki.Yayingazi ukuthi iphila kanjani uthando njengobunkulunkulu,ingazi nokuthi iziphatha kanjani ngestoicism yamakhosazana.Yayingabunambithi ubumnandi bazo zombili.Nesiko nesintu. umkhuba.

 Amadoda alethe inkosazana yaseBrithani engasekho uMargaret ingxube yenjabulo, ubuhlungu kanye namahlazo empilweni edabukile phakathi kokufuna uthando nokuzibophezela emsebenzini.

Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona umshayeli wendiza uPeter Townsend, ayengakwazi ukushada naye ngenxa yokuthi wayedivosile, umthwebuli wezithombe u-Anthony Armstrong-Jones, amshada nomshado wakhe waphela ngesehlukaniso, kanye nomlimi wasengadini uRudy Wallen, owayeyintanga yendodana yakhe.

Akekho owayazi imizwa kaMargaret ngoTownsend, uKaputeni weButho Lasemoyeni omuhle, kwaze kwaba yilapho udadewabo iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth ethweswa ubukhosi ngo-1953. Izigidi zayibona inkosazana esencane isusa ibala ejazini likaTownsend ngendlela ethambile eyaveza ngokugcwele isithakazelo sayo esikhethekile kuyo. Kodwa u-Townsend, owayesebenzela inkantolo yasebukhosini, wayedivosile futhi ngenxa yalokho wayengakufanelekeli ukushada nodadewabo wendlovukazi. Isigodlo samthuthela eBrussels. Ngo-1955 uMargaret waphoqeleka ukuba akhulume nalesi simemezelo esidabukisayo esizweni: "Ngifisa ukumemezela ukuthi nginqume ukungashadi noKaputeni Peter Townsend, ngiqaphela ukuthi umshado wobuKristu awuvunyelwe futhi, ngiyazi imisebenzi yami ku-Commonwealth, Ngenze isinqumo esiqinile sokubeka lezi zindaba ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye."

Naphezu kokudabuka kwakhe okujulile, uMargaret wayazi ukuthi ukuqedwa kwalo mshado kwakuzomlahlekisela kakhulu ngokwesikhundla sakhe emndenini wasebukhosini kanye neholo lakhe. "Ngangisola ukuthi u-Townsend wayengamthandi uPrincess Margaret ngendlela ayemthanda ngayo," kusho isikhulu esivelele ngaleso sikhathi, uSir Edward Ford, owayengunobhala wangasese kayise kaMargaret, iNkosi uGeorge VI, engxoxweni. U-Townsend ushone ngo-1995 eneminyaka engu-80.

Kwabe sekufika umthwebuli wezithombe u-Armstrong-Jones, owakhishwa egumbini lakhe elimnyama futhi wanikezwa isihloko sika-Earl of Snowdon lapho eshada noMargaret ngo-1960. Wake wathi, ebukela phansi umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambili njengomthwebuli wezithombe, "Uba kuphela umthwebuli wezithombe lapho ungumdwebi omubi." UMargaret wayenezingane ezimbili naye, kodwa u-Armstrong-Jones wakuthola kunzima ukuguquka esuka empilweni yakhe yangaphambili ye-bohemian aye ezinkingeni zempilo yomphakathi. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ngemuva komcimbi wabo womshado omangalisayo e-Westminster Abbey, isehlukaniso senzeka phakathi kwentshisekelo enkulu yabezindaba.

Le nkosazana ekhathele yayingahlangene nhlobo nomfanekiso wenkosazana ekhangayo yeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu namashumi ayisithupha, inkosazana echazwe yiDaily Mail ngokuthi "igcwele injabulo nokulangazelela injabulo nenjabulo."
Impilo yakhe ibigcwele ukwehla nokwenyuka kusukela azalwa ngo-Agasti 21, 1930, eGlamis Castle, eScotland. UMargaret wayeneminyaka eyisithupha lapho abazali bakhe iNkosi uGeorge VI kanye neNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth bethuthela eBuckingham Palace. Ngokushesha, wahlukaniswa nodadewabo u-Elizabeth wesikhathi esizayo, omdala kunaye ngeminyaka emine futhi wamenywa ngolunye usuku ukuba athathe isihlalo sobukhosi.

Lapho uMargaret ehlangana noLowellin ngo-1973, wahlukaniswa ngokuphumelelayo nomyeni wakhe. Ngonyaka olandelayo, wamemela uLualen, owayemncane ngeminyaka engu-18, emzini wakhe osesiqhingini saseCaribbean. UWallen, owake wahlala emiphakathini yamahippie eningizimu yeNgilandi, wayishiya inkosazana ngo-1981. Lokhu kwenzeka ngemva kwesinqumo sakhe sokushada nomunye wesifazane, kodwa walondoloza ubungane bakhe noMargaret. U-Loalin wahlala ethembekile kuMargaret futhi enqaba njalo ukukhuluma esidlangalaleni ngobuhlobo babo.

INdlovukazi u-Elizabeth maduze izohoxisa izibopho zayo zobukhosi endlalifa yayo

UPrincess Margaret wabulawa isifo sohlangothi, okuwuphawu lwesine olunjalo kusukela ngo-1998. Ube nezinkinga zempilo ezimbi kakhulu kule minyaka emithathu edlule.
Isimo sikaPrincess Margaret saba sibi ngemuva kokushaywa imivimbo emibili yokugcina ngoJanuwari nangoMashi 2001, walahlekelwa amehlo akhe amaningi futhi engavamile ukusuka eKensington Palace.
Ngo-Agasti 4, wagcizelela ukuthi abe khona kanye nomama wakhe, iNdlovukazi Umama, ukuze agubhe usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-XNUMX. Yize uMama weNdlovukazi ebonakale emi kulo mcimbi, kodwa isimo sempilo yakhe siphakamisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu, ikakhulukazi njengoba sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili engaveli emphakathini.
UMargaret wabonakala okokuqala ngoJanuwari ngosuku lokuzalwa lwe-XNUMX lweDuchess yaseGloucester. Ukubonakala kwakhe esesihlalweni esinamasondo, imilenze yakhe embozwe ngengubo, amehlo efihlwe ngezibuko ezimnyama nezinwele ezigoqekile, kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ezinhliziyweni zamaNgisi.

Ngo-1960, uPrincess Margate washada no-Anthony Armstrong-Jones, u-Count of Snowdown, aba naye amadodana amabili, uDavid (1961) noSarah (1964).
Amaphephandaba alandele eduze izindaba zohambo luka-Count phesheya ngenkathi umkakhe, uMargaret, edlala futhi edlala eziqhingini zaseCaribbean namalungu eVelvet Society. Ngo-1976, iphephandaba lanyathelisa isithombe sikaMargaret nendoda, okwabangela ihlazo elisha. Umbhangqwana wahlukanisa ngemva kweminyaka emibili.

UMargaret wayebhema kakhulu futhi njengonina, iNdlovukazi Umama, wayethambekele ekuphuzeni utshwala. Ngo-1985, wahlinzwa kukhishwe ingxenye yelinye lamaphaphu akhe, kwathi ngo-1998 washaywa unhlangothi okokuqala. Ngemva konyaka, endlini yakhe yokugezela, washa kabi emilenzeni.

NgoJanuwari, uPrincess Margaret wadluliselwa esibhedlela i-King Edward VII ngemuva kokuquleka okusha, okuphinde kwavela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngoMashi. Kusukela ngalolo suku, ukunyakaza kwakhe bekulinganiselwe kakhulu.
UMargaret wayengekho, eshiya, ngokusho komunye walabo abasondelene nomndeni wasebukhosini, isithombe sendodakazi yenkosi "egcwele ukujabula nokuxokozela", kodwa "ngandlela-thile uthole ugu oluphephile" eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.