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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A famous socialite circle runs wild in the mid-20th century.
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| 0:20.1 | Royalty gone wild. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Town Pod. Royalty Gone Wild. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm Jason Horton. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm Rebecca Lebe. |
| 0:24.0 | And this is Ghost Town. |
| 0:45.7 | Though most people know who Princess Margaret is, maybe through history, the Netflix show The Crown, or her very famous sister, the Queen of England, not many people know |
| 0:51.7 | just how subversive, how outrageous, and how well, fascinating Princess Margaret |
| 0:57.8 | Countess of Snowden actually was. As some say, you're only as interesting as the people you associate with. |
| 1:05.6 | Though she was third in line to the throne, Margaret's friends were what amplified the princess as a point of |
| 1:11.7 | controversy and fascination. They were the real British royalty, at least according to the English |
| 1:18.3 | social scene in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and created such a stir that they were given their own name. |
| 1:25.9 | According to Vogue writer Hamish Bowles, |
| 1:28.1 | Margaret was, quote, |
| 1:29.5 | a chain smoking, chain drinking, |
| 1:32.0 | man-eating monster |
| 1:33.1 | with flashes of wit |
| 1:34.3 | and unsteady charm. |
| 1:36.9 | And her friends? |
| 1:38.3 | Well, they were socialites |
| 1:39.4 | who took Margaret's reputation |
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