Few people can tell the kind of stories that Lady Glenconner can. Whether it’s spending her childhood with Queen Elizabeth II, serving as a lady-in-waiting to her friend Princess Margaret , or throwing parties for rock stars on Mustique, the bestselling author has been a witness to history throughout her life. Now, news that she is auctioning off a treasure trove of her personal belongings has society astir, with one object in particular catching the eye of royal watchers everywhere.

My Life In Objects , which will take place at Bonhams in London on 18 November, is set to bring together some of the most extraordinary of Lady Glenconner’s possessions. Top of the list? Cecil Beaton’s photograph of her standing side-by-side with Queen Elizabeth on her Coronation in 1953. Remarkably, t

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