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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Adam Aspinall

Queen Mother was so frugal she only owned TWO pairs of stockings and alternated them

The Queen Mother was so frugal that she only owned two pairs of stockings and would alternate between them, it has emerged.

The surprising revelation was made in a 1946 letter by Marion Crawford, who was governess to Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.

The Scottish born educator, who Elizabeth affectionately referred to as 'Crawfie', served with the Royal Household from 1932 to 1947.

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