TV insiders told The Sun that Lesley was their first choice to play the Countess of Snowdon, her talent enabling her to ‘tackle the difficult role of a royal entering one of the darkest periods of her life, when the Windsors faced endless scandals and she was dogged by ill health.’Other names that have signed the dotted line for the new series?
Imelda Staunton who will take over the role of the Queen from Olivia Colman, and who has played opposite Lesley before.The new series is expected to pick up in 1990 when Princess Margaret was aged 60 and will follow what was quite a dark period in her life.From the moment she scalded her feet in the bath, right through to her divorce from her bisexual husband Lord Snowdon in 1978, the series will.
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