# Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life - Hardcover

by **Anne Glenconner** (Author)

**\*\*Instant Sunday _Times_ Bestseller\*\***

Bracing honesty, rare insight, and more revelations: the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Lady in Waiting_ shares everything she's learned from her extraordinary and unexpected life._Lady in Waiting_ brought us royal magic, beguiling insight, and jaw-dropping stories from life inside Anne Glenconner's privileged circle, which though golden didn't always glitter. As she revealed in her memoir, it has been one of stark contrasts--from growing up in the splendor of Holkham Hall to living in a tent in the jungle of Mustique, from traveling the world with Princess Margaret to coping with her wildly unpredictable husband Lord Glenconner. She has also survived the tragic loss of two of her sons and nursed a third son back from a coma.

Now in her ninth decade and at her happiest, she's keen to share everything her unexpected life has taught her--the wise, the hilarious, the poignant, and the illuminating. As a wife, she became a master in the art of keeping the peace, knowing when to pick her battles, when she needed help--and when to take a lover. As a hostess, she acquired great practical skills in throwing marvelous parties and looking after magnificent homes, and, as a lady in waiting, became well versed in diplomacy and etiquette. It was as a mother she learnt the toughest lessons of all, and through them the value of friendship, family, and laughter to get her through the worst moments in life, as well as celebrate the best of them.

_Whatever Next?_ is a treasury of hard-won wisdom, and richly entertaining proof that staying open to every new adventure sets an inspiring example for us all.

### Author Biography

**Lady Anne Glenconner** was born Lady Anne Coke in 1932, the eldest daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, and growing up in their ancestral estate at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. A Maid of Honor at the Queen's Coronation, she married Lord Glenconner in 1956. They had 5 children together of whom 3 survive. In 1958 she and her husband began to transform the island of Mustique into a paradise for the rich and famous. They granted a plot of land to Princess Margaret who built her favorite home there. She was appointed Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret in 1971 and kept this role - accompanying her on many state occasions and foreign tours - until her death in 2002. Lord Glenconner died in 2010, leaving everything in his will to his former employee. Lady Glenconner now lives in a farmhouse near Kings Lynn in Norfolk.

Lady Glenconner's memoir, _Lady in Waiting_, was a _New York Times_ bestseller and spent over thirty weeks in the _Sunday Times_ top ten. She has also written two acclaimed novels, _Murder on Mustique_ and _Haunting at Holkam_.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** February 21, 2023

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