![]() This fact became glaringly apparent in 1953, following the death of King George VI, and Elizabeth became queen. The British monarchy isn’t a talent contest.” “Elizabeth didn’t necessarily disagree with Margaret but kept reminding her that the succession didn’t work that way. “Margaret often reminded her older sister that she would be better at being queen because she was the one who had the outgoing personality and was a natural born leader,” Carroll says. The naturally performative and glamorous Margaret also believed she was queenlier than her dour, serious sister. “She had asked to join Lilibet’s tutorials with Henry Marten, but was told by the tutor, ‘It is not necessary for you.’” ![]() “She would always remain resentful that her older sister received a better education,” Bedell Smith writes in Elizabeth the Queen. However, Margaret grew jealous of the attention paid to her older sister. When Elizabeth replied in the affirmative, Margaret quipped, “Poor you.” “Does that mean that you will have to be the next queen?” According to Sally Bedell Smith, author of Elizabeth the Queen, upon hearing the news Margaret asked Elizabeth: ![]() While she was close to her older sister, Elizabeth, their world was forever changed when their uncle Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936. In the 20th century, Princess Margaret would continue this hell-raising tradition. ![]()
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