They were the daughters of Queen Victoria’s third son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. Princesses Margaret and Patricia, known to the family as “Daisy” and “Patsy,” were two of the most eligible brides of their time. Both beauties, both granddaughters of a great Empress, they seemed born to wear a crown one day. But their destinies proved strikingly different.
The elder, Daisy, followed the path of duty. In 1905, she married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. She arrived at the rigid Swedish court like a ray of sunshine, modernizing it and winning the love of her new people. She gave birth to five children whose descendants rule in Sweden and Denmark today. Her destiny seemed clear: she would become a great queen. But tragedy cut her life short when she died at age 38. She was the queen that Sweden never had.
The younger, Patsy, watched her sister’s fate and chose a completely different path. Artistic, independent, and incredibly popular, she was a favorite of the public. She was proposed to by kings and crown princes from across Europe. But she turned them all down. Her heart belonged to someone else.
And that someone else was not a prince. He was her father’s aide-de-camp, a common Commander in the Royal Navy named Alexander Ramsay.
And so, in 1919, Princess Patricia did the unthinkable. She announced she would marry a commoner for love. It was a huge scandal, but she was resolute. On her wedding day, she voluntarily gave up her title of “Her Royal Highness” and the rank of “Princess of Great Britain and Ireland.” She simply became Lady Patricia Ramsay. She traded a near-guaranteed crown for the chance to be just a wife.
While her sister became the mother of two royal dynasties, Patricia lived a long, happy, and relatively quiet life away from the monarchy’s central circle. She became a respected artist, but always remained true to her decision.
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I miss my baby sister. I know she was an adult when she died, but once a baby sister, always a baby sister, right? And I miss mine.
Wym?? Both got a happy life, u said the eldest live as beloved crown princess, she just died young bcs of sickeness/incident not like being killed by her husband lol shes died young n rich
we choose what seems right in the moment, if we let go of the right and wrong, maybe we'd enjoy life a lot more…..luckily we can not undo what we did, or do it all over again….we have to jump or have faith and trust …just finding out what life has to offer….and love as much as we are capable of
A long bow to infer whatever you want to.
Margreth and her King was so in love and she was very much loved by the swedes. So she didnt choice badly. She just happen to be sick and die early age
It seems both lived fulfilled lives. 5 children, sometimes living a contented life is enough. Good on the other Princess for following her heart. It’s a shame that one life was tragically cut short
Margaret died in childbirth with her sixth child. Her station in life had nothing to do with it.
I think Margaret was very happy!
My good the Swedish RIGID court 😮😮😮, where do you get that from and depending when the wedding took place she my been married a Arvprince of Sweden AND Norway.
All court is Rigid for you except UK, really it would be interesting to compare.
Yeah, and i bet you believe, if you see a black cat, or break a mirror, walking under a ladder, etc, will bring you bad luck! Holy crap people believe everything that they read or hear……an ad for drinking milk and flying through day, that one did my head! The ad had someone flying off a building after drinking milk.. and people fell for it! Literally…..😮