UPrincess Margate, udade ongcwele kaKumkanikazi uElizabeth

Inzwakazi uMargate, inzwakazi eyaphulukana nobomi bayo phakathi kokuthanda nokungakhathali.Yayingayazi indlela yokuphila uthando olufana noo thixo, ingazi nokuba iziphatha njani nge stoicism yamakhosazana.Yayingangcamli ubumnandi bazo zombini. umkhwa.

 Amadoda azisa ongasekhoyo iNkosazana yaseBritane uMargaret umxube wolonwabo, iintlungu kunye nehlazo kubomi obudlamkileyo phakathi kokukhangela uthando kunye nokuzinikela emsebenzini.

Phakathi kwabo kwakukho umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uPeter Townsend, awayengakwazi ukutshata naye ngenxa yokuba wayeqhawule umtshato, umfoti uAnthony Armstrong-Jones, awatshata naye waza umtshato wakhe waqhawula umtshato, nomgcini-gadi uRudy Wallen, owayekwintanga yonyana wakhe.

Akukho mntu wayeyazi indlela uMargaret awayevakalelwa ngayo ngoTownsend, uMphathi obalaseleyo woMkhosi Womoya, de udade wabo uKumkanikazi uElizabeth wathweswa isithsaba ngowe-1953. Izigidi zayibona le nkosazana iselula isusa ibala kwidyasi kaTownsend ngendlela ethantamisayo eyawutyhila ngokupheleleyo umdla wayo okhethekileyo kuye. Kodwa uTownsend, owayesebenzela inkundla yasebukhosini, wayeqhawule umtshato yaye ngoko wayengakufanelekeli ukutshata udade bokumkanikazi. Ibhotwe lamfudusela eBrussels. Ngo-1955 uMargaret wanyanzelwa ukuba athethe ngesi sibhengezo silusizi kwisizwe: "Ndingathanda ukwazisa ukuba ndigqibe ekubeni ndingatshati noKapteni Peter Townsend, ndisazi ukuba umtshato wamaKristu awuvumelekanga kwaye, ndiyazi imisebenzi yam kuManyano lweManyano. , ndenze isigqibo esiqinileyo sokubeka ezi ngcamango ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye.

Nangona wayebuhlungu kakhulu, uMargaret wayesazi ukuba ukugqitywa kwalo mtshato kwakuya kumenza alahlekelwe yimali eninzi ngokwesikhundla sakhe kwintsapho yasebukhosini kunye nomvuzo wakhe. "Ndandikrokrela ukuba u-Townsend wayengamthandi uPrincess Margaret njengoko wayemthanda," yatsho inkundla eyaziwayo ngelo xesha, uSir Edward Ford, owayengunobhala wabucala kuyise kaMargaret, uKumkani George VI, kudliwanondlebe. U-Townsend wasweleka ngo-1995 eneminyaka engama-80 ubudala.

Emva koko kwafika umfoti u-Armstrong-Jones, owakhutshwa kwigumbi lakhe elimnyama waza wanikwa iwonga lokuba ngu-Earl of Snowdon xa wayetshata noMargaret ngo-1960. Wakha wathi, ewujongela phantsi umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambili wokuba ngumfoti, “Uba ngumfoti kuphela xa yipeyinti embi." UMargaret wayenabantwana ababini kunye naye, kodwa u-Armstrong-Jones wakufumanisa kunzima ukutshintshela kubomi bakhe bangaphambili be-bohemian ukuya kwimiqobo yobomi boluntu. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo emva komtshato wabo oqaqambileyo eWestminster Abbey, uqhawulo-mtshato lwenzeka phakathi komdla omkhulu weendaba.

Le nkosazana ediniweyo yayingenanto yakwenza nomfanekiso wenkosazana ekhazimlayo yamashumi amahlanu namashumi amathandathu, inkosazana echazwe yiDaily Mail ngokuthi "izele yimincili kunye nokulangazelela uvuyo nolonwabo."
Ubomi bakhe buzaliswe ngamahla-ndinyuka okoko wazalwa ngo-Agasti 21, 1930, eGlamis Castle, eSkotlani. UMargaret wayeneminyaka emithandathu xa abazali bakhe uKumkani uGeorge VI kunye noKumkanikazi uElizabeth bafudukela eBuckingham Palace. Kungekudala, wahlukana nodadewabo ozayo u-Elizabeth, oneminyaka emine ubudala kunaye kwaye wamenywa ngenye imini ukuba anyuke etroneni.

Xa uMargaret wadibana noLowellin ngowe-1973, wahlukana ngokupheleleyo nomyeni wakhe. Kunyaka olandelayo wamemela uLualen, owayeneminyaka eli-18 ubudala, ekhayeni lakhe elikwisiqithi seCaribbean. UWallen, owayekhe wahlala kwimimandla yeehippie kumazantsi eNgilani, wayishiya le nkosazana ngowe-1981. Oku kwenzeka emva kwesigqibo sakhe sokutshata nelinye ibhinqa, kodwa wabugcina ubuhlobo bakhe noMargaret. U-Loalin wahlala ethembekile kuMargaret kwaye wayesoloko enqaba ukuthetha esidlangalaleni malunga nobudlelwane babo.

UKumkanikazi uElizabhete kungekudala uza kululahla uxanduva lwakhe lwasebukhosini kwindlalifa yakhe

UPrincess Margaret wasweleka ngenxa yestroke, uphawu lwesine olunjalo ukusukela ngo-1998. Uye wathwaxwa ziingxaki zempilo ezimandundu kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo.
Imeko kaPrincess Margaret yaba mandundu emva kwemivumbo emibini yokugqibela ngoJanuwari nangoMatshi ka-2001, waphulukana namehlo akhe kwaye wayengafane ashiye iKensington Palace.
Nge-4 ka-Agasti, wanyanzelisa ukuba abekho ecaleni kukanina, uKumkanikazi uMama, ukubhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-XNUMX. Nangona uMama weKumkanikazi ebonakala emi kwesi sihlandlo, imeko yakhe yezempilo iphakamisa iinkxalabo ezininzi, ngakumbi kuba engakhange abonakale esidlangalaleni kangangeenyanga ezimbini.
UMargaret wenze ukubonakala kwakhe okokuqala ngoJanuwari ngomhla we-XNUMX wokuzalwa kweDuchess yaseGloucester. Ukubonakala kwakhe ekwisitulo esinamavili, imilenze yakhe egqunywe ngengubo, amehlo akhe efihlwe emva kweendondo ezimnyama neenwele eziphothiweyo, zaba nefuthe elikhulu kwiintliziyo zaseBritani.

Ngo-1960, uNkosazana uMargate watshata no-Anthony Armstrong-Jones, u-Count of Snowdown, awayenoonyana ababini, uDavid (1961) noSarah (1964).
Amaphephandaba alandela ngokusondeleyo iindaba zohambo lwe-Count phesheya ngelixa umfazi wakhe, uMargaret, wayedlala kwaye edlala kwiiqithi zeCaribbean kunye namalungu eVelvet Society. Ngowe-1976, iphephandaba lapapasha umfanekiso kaMargaret nendoda, nto leyo eyabangela ihlazo elitsha. Esi sibini saqhawula umtshato emva kweminyaka emibini.

UMargaret wayetshaya kakhulu kwaye njengonina, uMama weKumkanikazi, wayethanda ukusela utywala. Ngo-1985, wenziwa utyando lokukhupha icandelo lomnye wemiphunga yakhe, emva koko ngowe-1998 wahlaselwa sistrowuku sokuqala. Emva konyaka, kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlambela, watshiswa ngokumasikizi emilenzeni.

NgoJanuwari, uPrincess Margaret watshintshelwa kwisibhedlele iKing Edward VII emva kokuxhuzula okutsha, okwaphinda kwaphinda kwavela ngoMatshi. Ukusukela ngaloo mhla, iintshukumo zakhe bezincinci kakhulu.
UMargaret wayengekho, ehamba, ngokwamazwi omnye wabo basondeleyo kusapho lwasebukhosini, umfanekiso wenkosazana "ezele bubomi kunye nengxokozelo", kodwa "ngandlel' ithile ufumene unxweme olukhuselekileyo" kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.