'She was a prototype Patsy' Joanna Lumley says Princess Margaret inspired Ab Fab character
express.co.uk"This is insane!"Together with Joanna and her lady-in-waiting, Margaret decided to abandon the reception altogether and sneak into a private box, which was when she took out a tiny bottle of whisky and started smoking."She left the party, opened her bag, got out a small bottle of whisky and a packet of cigarettes, lit up...
and sat there smoking," revealed Joanna."She was a kind of prototype Patsy.There was something so fabulous about her."So fabulous and so funny."Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth then recalled his own personal experiences of Margaret, when he'd witnessed her being followed by a "fawning" man who'd acted as a "human ashtray".The pair had been talking during a special night to promote Joanna's new book, A Queen For All.
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