One said: ‘You look like a Jewish manicurist and I hate you.’ The marriage was on the rocks. The Princess had stopped opening drawers, afraid of finding nasty little notes from her husband. Except Tony, who was spiteful in creative ways and liked writing vile little one-liners which he hid in her glove drawer, or among her hankies or tucked into books. Everybody she had ever met had always treated her with the utmost respect. 1 The excerpts appear in a bold, purplish print. The following includes excerpts from Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner. Anne’s father referred to him derisively as “Tony Snapshot.” PA Images He had been the photographer at their wedding yet had not been treated as a guest. In the 1970s, when the Snowdons’ marriage began falling apart, Margaret would retreat to her “bolthole” on Mustique. Later, Margaret would build a home there. When newlyweds Tony Armstrong-Jones (later, Lord Snowdon) and Princess Margaret stopped at Mustique on their 1960 honeymoon, Colin Tennant gave them a gift of land on the island. Pictured: Colin Tennant (Lord Glenconner), Princess Margaret, and Anne Tennant, (Lady Glenconner) stroll onto the island of Mustique in the Caribbean.
