Share Tweet Pin Email By Molly Claire Goddard 7:06pm PDT, Aug 15, 2025 _ Princess Margaret was one rowdy royal! On an episode of the "Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things" podcast, hosts Robert Hardman and Kate Williams claimed Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister charmed Yugoslavia's communist dictator Josip Broz Tito with her quirky ways back in the 1970s. Keep reading for the details...

MORE: Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news _ Josip Broz Tito's communist beliefs may have been drastically different from those espoused by the royal family, but Princess Margaret and the politician still got along extremely well. "Margaret was able to wow one of the most terrifying monsters of her day," Robert Hardman claimed. "The princess was sent to Yugoslavia before the state visit. She was the first royal to ever visit the nation. President Tito was so charmed by her, that he addressed her as 'Comrade Princess.' She's still fondly remembered by that title in what used to be called Yugoslavia." _ Elsewhere on the podcast, Robert Hardman and Kate Williams alleged that Princess Margaret exhibited "appallingly bad" behavior while partaking in state visits. Said Williams, "I was going through the diaries of Cynthia Jeb, who was the wife of the former ambassador to Paris in the 1950s. She recounted a dinner where Princess Margaret behaved appallingly. Margaret turned up very hungover. She was on a sort of tour of Europe and this grand lunch at a chateau had been laid out for her. All the bright, young things of the time had been invited, and it was set to be a very special occasion. They were all said to be very excited to meet the princess." But the gathering seemed to go sideways. "The morning of, she says, 'I can't go - I have got a cold.' There were reports that she kept doing a sort of fake cough, which convinced no one," Williams continued. "The Queen Mother went to the lunch, but Margaret stayed behind. No sooner had everybody gone did the princess call round a hairdresser called Alexandra. Alexandra was the hairdresser of the day in Paris. Basically, she just wanted to have her hair done." _ Kate Williams also claimed that Princess Margaret's love of alcohol tended to get in the way of her manners. "If you invite Margaret to a dinner, she'll be rude to you. She'll turn up late. But she'll enjoy a sing along," she said of Queen Elizabeth II's sister, who died in 2002. "One night, at a ball given by the legendary hostess Lady Rothermere, the princess grabbed the microphone from the leader of the band and demanded the music of Cole Porter. Everyone stopped dancing and the princess suddenly starts manically singing. From the back of the ballroom, there were loud boos. People fell silent. ... It turned out that the man who was booing was the painter Francis Bacon, who was also drunk and was telling people her singing was awful and she needed to be stopped. ... So you do need to be careful with Princess Margaret when she comes round - because she could say anything, or sing anything." Bela Zola/Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency Universal Archive/Universal Images Group/Newscom/The Mega Agency Cyril Maitland/Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency Cyril Maitland/Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency Up Next The post Princess Margaret once charmed a communist dictator: Details appeared first on Wonderwall.com.