In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepted the role of a lifetime--tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and bringing some normalcy into their sheltered lives. At Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral, Marion defied stuffy protocol to take the princesses on tube trains, swimming at public baths, and on joyful Christmas shopping trips at Woolworth's. But being a beloved confidante to the Windsors came at huge personal cost. Marriage, children, her own views--all were compromised by proximity to the royals. This is a story of love, sacrifice and allegiance during the years before Queen Elizabeth II took the throne.

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Wendy Holden.