Princess Margaret was known for her vivacious yet blunt personality, and even as a 7-year-old child, she didn't hold her opinions back. In 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne, making his younger brother (and Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth's father) King George VI. For a 10-year-old girl who was never meant to be Queen, Elizabeth's world was completely upended.
In Robert Jobson's new book The Windsor Legacy, published January 6, the royal author details the aftermath of the late King and Wallis Simpson's love affair and resulting abdication. The royal journalist writes that the then-Duchess of York, later known as the Queen Mother, and her husband, Prince Albert, "were 'overcome with misery' at their new burden" as King and Queen.
