updated: 03/01/2006
Princess Margaret, countess of Snowdon, (1930—2002) was the younger sister of queen Elizabeth II. She was a controversial member of the British Royal Family: a romance with a divorced courtier in the 1950s; an unhappy marriage leading to an acrimonious divorce beset with accusations of adultery; a subsequent a public affair with a much younger man. After her death there were revelations of wild parties, drug taking and further affairs, including, allegedly, one with the daughter of an American ambassador. I met her once when she was Chancellor of my university and thought she was an obnoxious woman – though not on account of any of the above.
The Queen’s Sister: covers all of the above and pretty much every other bit of scandal aired in the posthumous documentary Margaret: The Secret Princess. Lucy Cohu played Margaret from the 1950s through to lonely old-age. John Cormican was responsible for the prosthetics; Anna Morena & Kate Roberts were makeup artists.
Churchill: The Hollywood Years: tells a very different version of history with Neve Campbell as the future queen Elizabeth, Jessica Oyelowo as princess Margaret and Miranda Richardson as Eva Braun. The makeup chiefs were Sarita Allison & Magdalene Gaffney.