![]() Marion struggles to get the girls on a schedule that includes learning. This opens the door to work for the Yorks. She’s the best pupil in her teaching school, and the opportunity arises for her to teach The Duchess of York’s sister’s children. What Marion really wants to do is work in the slums of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is where she is from. Marion Crawford was something of a radical feminist, getting involved with a young Communist, Valentine. The Royal Governess was not at all what I expected at the beginning. ![]() She puts her private life on hold until released from royal service following Princess Elizabeth’s marriage in 1947.” But being beloved governess and confidante to the Windsor family has come at a cost. ![]() Afterwards, she is there when Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip. During the war, as Hitler’s Heinkels fly over Windsor, she shelters her charges in the castle dungeons (not far from where the Crown Jewels are hidden in a biscuit tin). ![]()
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