The late Queen’s centenary would no doubt have been an occasion of poignant reflection for Lady Sarah, who was remarkably close to her aunt and spent much of her childhood with her cousins, Charles, Princess Anne, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Prince Edward.
Like Prince William and Prince Harry, Sarah and her brother David, Viscount Linley (now Lord Snowdon), spent much of their childhood at Kensington Palace. Although they had a nanny, as is customary in the Royal Family, their parents were…

