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Princess Margaret in a swimsuit led the Queen to call her a ‘GUTTERSNIPE’. And an enduring romance that changed royal marriages forever.. Harry and Meghan learned something from this

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The pictures, when they finally surfaced, rocked the nation – if not the friends who were in on the secret.

 

Princess Margaret

The apparently happily-married Princess Margaret, in figure-hugging corset-boned swimsuit, is nestled up close to a penniless toy-boy 18 years her junior.

He is wearing a pair of Union Jack budgie-smugglers she’d bought for him within minutes of their first meeting.

This is February, 1976. And she, in the 15th year of her marriage, is hopelessly in love.

Her sister, Queen Elizabeth II, knows all about it – and lets it be known she disapproves of Margaret’s ‘guttersnipe life’.

Princess Margaret with Prince Philip, Andrew and the Queen Mother in April 1976

But theirs was a love affair which survived separation, nervous collapse and a suicide attempt. It lasted for seven long years and changed the face of royal marriages for ever.

Roddy Llewellyn, a lowly pen-pusher at the College of Heralds, was the man who made Princess Margaret happier than she had ever been.

Once, the princess had been second in line to the throne.

With her trademark hour-glass figure and permanent cigarette holder she was a sexy, wayward, dangerous, and imperious beauty.

Her 1960 marriage to bohemian photographer Tony Armstrong-Jones seemed the groovy way to go after her clandestine relationship with war ace Group Captain Peter Townsend collapsed in scandal and recrimination.

More than a dozen years in, however, the wheels were falling off.

Tony – given the title Lord Snowdon as a wedding present – was serially unfaithful from the outset. Margaret tried out a couple of lovers in retaliation.

But it was only when, in August 1973, she was invited by her lady-in-waiting, Lady Glenconner, to lunch at the family mansion in Scotland to find herself seated next to a floppy-haired 25-year old that the 43-year old princess truly fell in love.

It took less than a minute. It was crazy.

‘He was fascinated by this sophisticated, voluptuous woman, so amusing and so easy to talk to,’ wrote the distinguished biographer Anne de Courcy.

‘While she made it plain [from the very first moment] how attracted she was to him.’

Fascinatingly, the age-gap in the romance mirrored Margaret’s notorious affair with Peter Townsend – while he had been 16 years her senior, she was 18 years older than Llewellyn.

Roddy, said Margaret’s intimates, was tender and kind in a way Snowdon could never be.

On the other hand he did not have the bedroom staying-power of the older man.

Even as their marriage was falling apart Snowdon would stride naked across the corridor which separated their bedrooms and stand commandingly in front of his wife.

‘He would fling open my bedroom door, stand there with no clothes on and then – well, what could I do?’ Margaret told a friend later.

It was Snowdon’s sexual domination which made Margaret submit to him in other aspects of her life, claims Ms de Courcy.

It wasn’t the same with Roddy. Young, kind and attentive – the very antithesis of Snowdon – he began to quail at Margaret’s sexual demands after the initial honeymoon period passed.

‘He’d never had a long relationship with a woman before,’ explained Ms de Courcy. ‘Now he was involved with one who was not only far richer and older but who had a demanding, intense and possessive personality.’

According to Roddy’s elder brother Dai, the physical side of the relationship was proving very difficult to sustain.

But there is no doubt they loved each other. And three years into the relationship – still, surprisingly, a tightly-kept secret – the couple flew to the hideaway island of Mustique as ‘Mr and Mrs Brown’.

They revelled in the tiny Caribbean island’s exotic life and were able to act as if they truly were married – safe in the knowledge that prying eyes and long-lens cameras were unlikely to disturb their privacy.

They were wrong.

Someone took a photograph of them silhouetted against the backdrop of the ocean, quite clearly a loving couple oblivious to the rest of the world.

The picture appeared a few days later in a British red-top newspaper.

All hell broke loose. As far as the British public were concerned, Margaret and her husband – plus their two small children David and Sarah – were a tight-knit unit, living exemplars of the idea of a Royal Family.

In the day, it created as big a scandal as the Townsend affair – and the publication of the picture across the world caused Snowdon to demand a divorce.

He’d played the game, he argued, by keeping secret his extra-marital dalliances. If Margaret didn’t care who knew about her and Roddy, however, he was off.

It was at that moment the Queen’s former private secretary, Lord Charteris, let it be known that the sovereign’s opinion was that Margaret was living a ‘guttersnipe life’.

This was an extraordinary – some historians would say unique – insight into the relationship between Lilibet and her sister.

Roddy couldn’t face the pressure of publicity and ran away – first to the Channel Islands, then to Turkey, then South America.

Travelling on a bus, he let slip to a fellow passenger that he ‘had been having an affair with a married lady and that it had all got too much for him and the sex had become a problem.’

Margaret, bereft of the company of both her husband and her lover, went into a tailspin and took an overdose of Mogadon sleeping tablets.

Her recovery was feeble, cantankerous, and long.

Eventually, the lovers reunited. But Roddy, having escaped the claustrophobic atmosphere of the relationship, was looking for a new life – and found one, as a successful landscape gardener, author and TV presenter.

He inherited the family baronetcy – he is now Sir Roderic Llewellyn – and married, most successfully, Tania Soskin, the daughter of a film producer.

These may not have been the last words they shared, but they demonstrate just how a passionate affair between two people of vastly different backgrounds and ages can easily founder:-

Princess Margaret (modelling frothy pink dress that shows off her curvy figure): ‘What do you think, Roddy?’

Llewellyn: ‘You look like a strawberry ice cream.’

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Elvira, 73, exposes Ariana Grande, 31, and says she was her worst and rudest Celeb encounter for what she did to her and Ari was quick to clap back but fans negatively react “Anxiety is not an excuse!”

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Elvira and Ariana Grande

During a recent conversation with her fans, Cassandra Peterson — better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — revealed she had a bad interaction with a celebrity whose name “rhymes with Pariana Mande.” She then doubled down, reposting an article about her remarks on Instagram and hash-tagging Ariana Grande’s name.

It was this post that caught Ariana Grande’s eye. “I’m so disheartened to see this,” the Wicked star commented on Elvira’s post. “I actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because I had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family.”

In parentheses, Grande explained that she went to Elvira’s show “around 7 years ago,” when she was “really not great with being in public crowds or loud places.” She went on to apologize, and to praise Elvira. “If I’m misremembering this moment, I sincerely apologize for offending you so,” she wrote. “Thank you for being so nice to my mom, she told me how lovely you were (she might have different feelings about that now but I’ll talk to her… clearly, we all have our days!)”

Elvira and Ariana Grande

What Happened Between Ariana & Elvira?

Elvira told fans about her encounter with Grande during a Q&A at Knott’s Berry Farm in California, claiming that the pop star requested 20 tickets to her show for her family and friends, but refused to take a picture with her in return.

“We gave her the tickets and she comes backstage and she asks if I can take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought,” she recalled, as seen in a viral video. “I take a picture with every single one of them, I sign autographs for every single one of them. Then I say to her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ And she goes, ‘No, I don’t really do that.’”

Elvira also remembered that Grande left before the show began, which aligns with Grande’s memory of the night. “All her relatives stayed, and she took off,” Elvira said.

 

Here’s Ariana’s response:

Ariana Grande’s response to Elvira

After a round of boos from the Q&A audience, someone on stage with Elvira quipped, “she’s playing the wrong witch,” nodding to Grande’s role in Wicked as Glinda the Good Witch.

There seem to be no hard feelings on Grande’s side, as she ended her comment by writing “sending love always” and declaring that Elvira will “always be our queen of halloween.” Elvira has yet to respond to Grande’s apology.

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Keanu Reeves, 60, finally Confirmed Marriage to Winona Ryder, 52, after 30 years, reacting to the viral marriage rumors between him and Alexandra Grant “I want to clear all doubts and make things clear that…” See more

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Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder and Alexandra Grant

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves are still madly in (platonic) love with each other.

The former “Dracula” costars have known each other since the 1980s and, as they divulged during a 2018 press tour for “Destination Wedding,” their onscreen nuptials in the 1992 Bram Stoker adaptation might’ve been legally binding.

On the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast Monday, host Josh Horowitz asked Ryder how “the two biggest luddites on the planet” even keep in touch.

“I know,” said Ryder. “But we do text, and we always say who it is, even though it says it on the text … On his birthday, when I’m like, ‘Happy Birthday, my husband!’ and I put ‘Noni,’ he’s like, ‘Hey, wife! Love you, KR 57.’ On each birthday he’s like, ‘KR 57’ or whatever his age is.”

“He’s always done that,” she explained.

Ryder and Reeves were familiar with each other long before they were cast in “Dracula.”

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder

“We met in the late ’80s, like ’87, ’88, at one of the early Independent Spirit Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,” she told People in 2018. “It wasn’t televised. Buck Henry was the emcee, and we gave out Best Supporting Actor.”

Ryder also explained to the outlet that she had initiated their “Destination Wedding” collaboration.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant

“I emailed him,” she said, adding: “I was so happy because he responded.”

During an Entertainment Weekly interview with Reeves in 2018, Ryder revealed that director Francis Ford Coppola had used “a real Romanian priest” for their “Dracula” wedding scene.

“We said yes?” Reeves asked Ryder, who confirmed as much. “Oh my gosh, we’re married,” he joked.

The Romanian nuptials presumably didn’t hold, however, as Reeves and Ryder have both pursued various other romantic interests over the years.

They’re each currently in relationships with other people: Reeves has been dating artist Alexandra Grant since 2019, and Ryder’s longtime partner is fashion designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn. However, neither actor has ever tied the knot — except, of course, (potentially) with each other.

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Rihanna, 36, shockingly announce SPLIT with rapper ASAP Rocky, 36, after 4 years of relationship with 2 kids and another on the way… “After finding out his huge secret, it broke my heart into many pieces, so we decided to go our separate ways“ – See Full details

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Rihanna and Asap Rocky

In a stunning turn of events, pop icon Rihanna and rapper ASAP Rocky have announced their separation after a four-year relationship.

The couple, who have a two-year-old son together and are expecting their second child, have revealed that the decision was made after a significant revelation that shattered their bond.

In a heartfelt statement released today, Rihanna expressed her deep sadness and heartbreak over the split. “After discovering a truth that I never thought I would have to confront, my heart was irrevocably broken,” she said.

“Despite our love for each other and the beautiful family we’ve built together, I believe it is best for both of us to move forward separately.”

Rihanna and Asap Rocky

The exact nature of the revelation that led to the breakup remains a mystery, but rumors have been swirling in the entertainment industry for weeks.

Speculation has ranged from infidelity to personal differences that proved insurmountable.

ASAP Rocky, who has been relatively quiet since the news broke, has yet to issue a public statement.

However, sources close to the couple have confirmed that the split was amicable and that the two remain committed to co-parenting their children.

The news of Rihanna and ASAP Rocky’s separation has sent shockwaves through the music industry and beyond.

The couple, who have been considered one of the most stylish and influential pairs in recent years, have a massive global following.

Their unexpected breakup has left fans devastated and wondering what the future holds for both of them.

While the information presented in this article is based on current online reports, this is a rumor.

No official confirmation has been provided by either Rihanna or ASAP Rocky, and the accuracy of the details cannot be verified at this time.

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