Margaret Rhodes
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| The Honourable Margaret Rhodes LVO |
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| Born | Margaret Elphinstone 9 June 1925 Westminster, London, England |
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| Died | 25 November 2016 (aged 91) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
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| Spouse(s) | Denys Rhodes | ||
| Parent(s) | Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, Mary Bowes-Lyon | ||
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Early life and education
Born Margaret Elphinstone in Westminster, London, Rhodes was the youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone and his wife Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, a sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.[2][3] Less than a year older than the future queen, she was a frequent playmate of the young Princess Elizabeth.[4] During the Second World War she lived at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and took a secretarial course.[5] On 20 November 1947, she was a bridesmaid to Princess Elizabeth.[6]Career
During World War II, she worked as a secretary for MI6.[4][5] She was a Woman of the Bedchamber[7] – a mix of lady-in-waiting and companion – to her aunt, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, from 1991 until the latter's death in 2002.[8]That year Rhodes was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) and lived in the Garden House, a grace and favour residence in Windsor Great Park.[9] In the run-up to the Queen's 80th birthday in April 2006, Rhodes gave an interview to the BBC in which she stated her belief that the Queen would not abdicate.[10][11]
Her autobiography, The Final Curtsey, was published in 2011.[5] She was the 'castaway' on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on 3 June 2012.[12]
On 27 November 2016, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Rhodes had died, aged 91, on 25 November following a short illness.[3][13]
Personal life
On 31 July 1950, she married the writer Denys Gravenor Rhodes (1919–1981), with Princess Margaret as one of the bridesmaids.[14] The couple had four children and one grandson:[15]- Annabel Margaret Rhodes (21 February 1952) she married Christopher
J. Strickland-Skailes in 1978. They have one son. She remarried G. V.
Charles Cope in 1986
- Andrew James Downing Strickland-Skailes (1980)
- Victoria Ann Rhodes (27 September 1953), a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II;[16] married Nicholas Deans in 1974
- Simon John Gravenor Rhodes (22 February 1957), a godson of Princess Margaret;[17] married Susan Simon in 1983
- Michael Andrew Gravenor Rhodes (8 June 1960)
Ancestry
Being a first cousin of Elizabeth II, Rhodes shared half her ancestry with the Queen, including several notable peers.[15]| [show]Ancestors of Margaret Rhodes |
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References
- "Royal Godchildren". Yvonne's Royalty Home Page. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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