Daisy Fellowes; Photograph by Cecil Beaton. There is a marvelous piece on the glamorous Singer Sewing Machine heiress Daisy Fellowes in a recent edition of the Daily Mail. She ultimately had difficult relationships with several of her children, but from a distance, she admired them.
In fact, one day "strolling in a park, she exclaimed: ‘Oh look at those pretty little girls. Aren’t they beautifully dressed! We must go and ask the nurse whose they are.’ Walking over, Daisy duly asked: ‘Whose lovely little children are these?’ ‘Yours, Madam!’ snapped the nurse."
The article is available here.
In fact, one day "strolling in a park, she exclaimed: ‘Oh look at those pretty little girls. Aren’t they beautifully dressed! We must go and ask the nurse whose they are.’ Walking over, Daisy duly asked: ‘Whose lovely little children are these?’ ‘Yours, Madam!’ snapped the nurse."
The article is available here.
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