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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Princess Margaret's treasures, including her riding boots, are put up for auction by her daughter-in-law after her 'amicable' separation from the Earl of Snowdon


EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Princess Margaret was spared the indignity of seeing a pair of her riding boots go under the hammer. That fate now befalls them.

She was, it was said, profoundly upset when, having given her son, David, the only house she'd ever owned - Les Jolies Eaux, on the Caribbean island of Mustique - he sold it to an American venture capitalist. Just as intriguingly, Serena, whose daughter Margarita was a bridesmaid to Kate Middleton, is also offloading a charcoal drawing given to Princess Margaret by King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium on their first visit to London in 1963. She was, it was said, profoundly upset when, having given her son, David, the only house she'd ever owned - Les Jolies Eaux, on the Caribbean island of Mustique — he sold it to an American venture capitalist

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