Princess Anne ‘exuded sex appeal’ and ‘hated the trappings of being a princess’, says Nicky Haslam who had a gay affair with Lord Snowdon
- Nicky spoke in in ITVX docuseries The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor
- READ MORE: How Princess Margaret’s husband seduced his gay lover
Princess Anne ‘exuded sex appeal’ as a younger woman and did not like the restrictions that came with her life as a senior royal, it has been claimed.
The Princess Royal, now 72, was described as having ‘it’ in an ITV documentary about the Royal Family where the love lives of the Queen’s children were put under the microscope.
Speaking on The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor, interior designer Nicky Haslam, 83, revealed he had once danced with Princess Anne at a party in Belgium and was struck by her charm.
He said the princess ‘hated the trappings that go with being a princess’ but added that he was impressed by her flair and free spirit.
The first episode in the five-part docuseries explored Anne’s fondness for polo player Andrew Parker-Bowles, who was considered an inappropriate partner for the Princess Royal because he was a Catholic.
Princess Anne (picutred in Kyiv in 1973) has been described as having ‘it’ and ‘exuding sex appeal’ in a new ITVX documentary, The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor
Speaking to the programme, Haslam, who was one of Lord Snowdon’s male lovers, said: ‘I once danced with her at a party in Belgium and she’s got it.
‘I’ll tell you, she exudes sex appeal. It’s quite extraordinary, just exudes it. she’s got huge sex appeal.’
A resurfaced clip from the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year then played and showed Princess Anne revealing her flirty side.
As she is quizzed by the presenter about how she keeps fit, she jokes about training sessions ‘late at night’.
Nicky Haslam claimed he once danced with the Princess Royal (pictured at a showjumping reception in 1968) in Belgium and was struck by her charm
Interior designer Nicky, 83, who previously claimed to have had a brief romance with Lord Snowdon before his 1960 marriage to Princess Margaret, was a talking head in the episode
The episode, titled Love and Duty, explores how members of the Royal Family were bound by strict rules imposed upon their love lives which required them to choose suitable partners.
As a clip is played of a young Princess Anne chatting to Andrew Parker-Bowles, a polo player, is is explained that the pairing was considered unsuitable because Parker-Bowles was a Catholic.
King Charles’s biographer, Sally Bedell-Smith, wrote in his biography: ‘Even when their romance eventually wound down, they remained lifelong friends.’
The episode then explores the relationship between King Charles and Queen Camilla when they first met and fell in love as youngsters.
Elsewhere in the episode, Nicky Haslam reveals his shock that the marriage between Anthony Armstrong-Jones and Princess Margaret lasted for as long as 18 years.
The documentary briefly explored Princess Anne’s close relationship with Andrew Parker-Bowles, who was considered an unsuitable partner because he is a Catholic
He previously claimed in his memoir Redeeming Features (2010) that he had ‘a very brief romance’ with the late Earl a year before his 1960 wedding to Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister.
He said: ‘Tony was a terrific seducer, he could seduce that table leg. He was terrific fun, Tony, a devil incarnate but a charmer at everything.
‘He was naughty but wonderful, I mean naughty in the nicest sense,’ says the socialite, before admitting: ‘I was quite surprised that it went that far, as far as marriage [between Antony and Margaret].’
Lady Anne Glenconner, the late Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting, also features on the episode – but has less than positive words to say about the royal’s husband.
She says: ‘Once the marriage started to go wrong, I was there for her when she was having a difficult time. I did see the way Tony treated her, which I didn’t like at all.
‘The thing about Tony was, that he was so spiteful – and did these horrible things. he used to leave little notes,’ claims Lady Glenconner.
The socialite, 90, who was a maid of honour at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, tells the programme how one message to his wife apparently read ‘I hate you’.
‘I don’t know why he behaved like that really, I just felt very sorry for her,’ confesses Lady Glenconner.
The full series is available on Thursday 20 April on ITVX
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