THEIR LIVES WERE ENTWINED , THEIR DESTINIES VERY DIFFERENT THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS MARGARET A NEW BOOK SHINES A LIGHT ON THE ROYAL SISTERS

‘The real story draws parallels between other members of the royal family today’

In hit Netflix series The Crown , the Queen’s relationship with her younger sister Princess Margaret provided plenty of drama as the show charted their lives behind palace walls.

While Elizabeth’s destiny marked her out as the sensible older sister, Margaret, four years her junior, was cast as the royal rebel, whose chequered love life and hedonistic lifestyle frequently made headlines.

But, as author Andrew Morton discovered while researching his new book , the comparisons that dogged them throughout their lives weren’t always rooted in fact. Far from