![]() My father’s best man was Freddy Birkenhead and they initially went next door to Westminster Abbey by mistake. I love this photo of my parents Elizabeth and Frank, the future Earl of Longford at their wedding at St Margaret’s, Westminster, in 1931. It is the story of Caroline Norton, a poet and pamphleteer who dazzled 19th century society, with admirers including the prime minister, Lord Melbourne.Īfter she was found innocent in an adultery case involving Melbourne, her husband legally stopped her from seeing her children. Only two things will stop me writing: death or dementia. If I can’t sleep, I recite all their birthdays backwards. I now have 20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. It was for my 80th birthday, and instead of a big party I asked my six children if they could each give me a little party, so I ended up having party after little party! My dear friend Sir Roy Strong gave me this little watercolour of me dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots – my biography of her made my name as a historian. I hadn’t realised how handsome he is as well. ![]() He made the fatal mistake of asking me, ‘When did you first want to write history?’ I started telling him and he eventually had to be tugged away. Lady Antonia Fraser treasures this photo from when she was made a Companion of Honour in the 2018 New Year Honours ![]()
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