Princess Margaret with Mick Jagger in Pointe-du-Bout the French West Indies in 1976. The Standard states that they hit it off immediately, and would soon vacation together to the Caribbean. The Evening Standard reports that Colin Tennant, a previous partner of Princess Margaret’s, introduced her to Llewellyn in 1973, and the New York Times reports they met in Edinburgh-not poolside, as The Crown depicts. He also went on to become a gardening journalist and lecturer, and set up his own business.' He and Margaret were introduced by a mutual friend. 'From then on, Roddy became a landscape gardener and designer, and in 1980 he was commissioned to write the first of his gardening books. Llewellyn found his calling in gardening.Īfter the singing career failed to pan out, Roddy decided to pursue his passion, gardening, and studied at Merrist Wood Agricultural College in the late '70s, Warwick says.

Warwick tells ELLE he actually owned Llewellyn's record at one point, and it was 'quite good,' adding, 'He didn’t have a bad singing voice, but it was unlikely to have made him a 'star.'' He “flirted with the idea of a singing career.”Īs Warwick wrote in his book Princess Margaret - A Life of Contrasts, Llewellyn considered becoming a singer and released an album called Roddy in 1978. 'Princess Margaret spent a weekend with the commune at the Surrendell Farm and that got a lot of publicity afterwards,' Warwick says. Llewellyn and several of his friends, including actress Helen Mirren, lived on a commune at a farm in Wiltshire named Surrendell in the mid-1970s. After he finished school, Llewellyn embraced the 'bohemian lifestyle.' Llewellyn attended Hawtreys preparatory school and Shrewsbury boarding school, the latter of which was founded in 1552 by King Edward VI.

His father was an Olympic horseman who, along with his horse, Foxhunter, 'won nearly every grand prix in Europe during the late 1940s and early 1950s,' Warwick says. Central Press // Getty Images He came from an affluent family and was well-educated.Īccording to Warwick, Llewellyn was born to Sir Harry Llewellyn and the Honorable Christine de Saumarez.

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon at Trooping the Colour in 1973.

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