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Princess Margaret has often been regarded as more spontaneous compared to her older sister the Queen. Considered the latest in a series of rebellious rebels of her generation, Margaret showcased her rebellious character since childhood, going as far as holding her personal relative to blame for her mischief. Speaking to Channel 5 documentary ‘The Royal Family at War,’ royal historian Dr Kate Williams said: “Elizabeth and Margaret grew up together but they had very different characters.

“Elizabeth was conscientious, dutiful, organised, methodical, always doing exactly what was expected of her.

“Margaret was impulsive and fun. She was often naughty, she had an imaginary friend called Cousin Halifax that she’d blame for everything that went wrong.”

In her book ‘Young Elizabeth: The Making of Our Queen,’ Dr William wrote: “Most amusingly, Margaret later invented a ‘Cousin Halifax’, an imaginary friend who was to blame for her naughtiness.

“‘I was busy with Cousin Halifax,’ when she was chastised for being late, and, ‘It wasn’t me, it was Cousin Halifax,’ when told off for spilling milk or untidiness.”

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Royal commentator Victoria Arbiter suggested Princess Margaret resembled Prince Harry in regards to her character.

Ms Arbiter said: “Margaret was the cheeky, impish one.

“She was like Prince Harry. She was the one with no responsibility, all the privileges.”

Princess Margaret was catapulted into the spotlight at the age of six when she suddenly became second-in-line to the throne immediately after her sister.

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As the second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, Margaret and older sister Elizabeth were expected to live the rest of their lives as minor royals.

But the unexpected abdication of their uncle Edward VIII months after taking the throne changed their destiny.

While Princess Elizabeth took up classes on constitutional law to prepare for her future role as monarch, Margaret was mostly educated by governesses under the instruction of her mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Lady Anne Glenconnor, who served as a maid-of-honour at the Queen’s coronation in 1953, claimed Margaret had resented her lack of formal education and believed she had been kept at an intelligence disadvantage to avoid becoming a threat to her sister.

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Speaking to the BBC, Lady Glenconnor said: “She always said, ‘I was never educated as well as my sister in order not to be a sort of threat to her’, that’s what she felt.

“The Queen had people from Oxford and Eton who came and taught her and Princess Margaret had a French governess and someone who taught her how to play the piano.

Jane Stevens, a fellow lady-in-waiting to Lady Glenconnor, insisted Princess Margaret had realised she was on a different life path compared to Elizabeth because of their different lessons.

Mrs Stevens said: “She said to me, ‘that was the first time I sort of thought or realised that my sister was going to be Queen and I wouldn’t really be part of what she was going to do.’ It hit her quite hard that their lives were going to be completely different.’

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