Torbay Literary Festival: Lady Ann Glenconner, Manners and Mischief

11:00-13:00 Thursday 13 August 2026 28.00
Lady Ann Glenconner, Princess Margarets Lady-in-Waiting and a Maid of Honour at Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation, offers rich, sparkling memories from a remarkable life that has been both extremely conventional and unconventional. Her autobiography Lady In Waiting was a sensational bestseller, in both senses of the word - with many left open mouthed at the revelations on programmes such as The Graham Norton show.
Her new book Manners and Mischief: An A to Z of a Life Well Lived has everything from offering tips on how to get out of the bath with grace, to how to lose at cards when required. As well as a huge celebration, this book is also a love letter to a disappearing world, which, in her own words has taught her that life should be faced with laughter, a stiff upper lip, and the odd vodka tonic.
Lady Glenconner shall be signing copies of her books, after her talk, and she will also take questions, sent in in advance to questions@torbayliteraryfestival.co.uk
The gossip is stupendous but its also tremendously touching (the late and jolly-super) Jilly Cooper.
For more information visit www.torbayliteraryfestival.co.uk