The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – Her Maj conceived by artificial insemination
IT gives me great pleasure to bring to your attention the latest work of Lady Colin Campbell (‘Georgie’ to her friends) – The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Earlier this month, the Daily Mail whipped up a little fuss over Lady Colin’s claim in her book that the Queen and Princess Margaret were conceived by artificial insemination. The story was told with a faint tremor of the shock-horrors, as if the idea had been dreamt up in someone’s pretty head for the first time.
In fact this tale made its debut abroad back in 1997, in Kitty Kelley’s still-banned book The Royals. I have a copy of it which the late Sheridan Morley illegally secreted to me in a brown paper wrap. On page 23, darling Kitty – a true digger of gilt-coated dirt – relates that the Duke of Windsor could not impregnate his wife – the Duchess is quoted as joking, ‘The Duke is not heir-conditioned.’
Alas his brother, once Edward VIII, also suffered from the condition attributed to ‘nervousness’ or ‘a slight problem with his… willy.’
Kitty writes: ‘Finally, on the advice of her [the Duchess’] doctor, Lane Phillips, she and her husband submitted to the unorthodox science of artificial insemination. The arduous procedure of mechanically injecting his sperm into her uterus finally enabled her to get pregnant.’
As to the many other claims in Lady Colin’s book (the Mail is a good starting point, click here), I cannot comment; though it is well to remember that she anticipated quite a number of Andrew Morton’s tales about Diana and Charles in the early ’90s. I recall that a few of the more craven and pathetic royal hagiographers denounced Lady Colin then as they do now as a fantasist.
What people won’t say or do to put bread on the table.
The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – to buy click here
Posted: 30th, April 2012 | In: Key Posts, Royal Family Comments (4) | TrackBack | Permalink
