Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Outbreak of World War II in the Balmoral Castle estate
Time: 1939
Place: Scotland, United Kingdom
Details: At the outbreak of World War II, Margaret and her sister were at Birkhall, on the Balmoral Castle estate, where they stayed until Christmas 1939, enduring nights so cold that drinking water in carafes by their bedside froze.
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