Denys Rhodes
Denys Gravenor Rhodes (9 July 1919 – 30 October 1981) was an English writer. He was best known for his novel The Syndicate which was adapted into a 1968 film. He was married twice, once to actress Rachel Gurney (from 1946 to 1950) and secondly (in 1950) to The Honourable Margaret Elphinstone (1925-2016), a first cousin of Elizabeth II.
Born in Ireland (though his father was from New Zealand), Rhodes served in the Second World War with the Rifle Brigade, fighting in North Africa and Italy. After his second marriage he lived and wrote in rural Devon, until inoperable lung cancer led to a move nearer London. They were offered The Garden House in Windsor Great Park by the Queen, where his wife continued to live until her own death in 2016, and where she wrote her 2011 memoir The Final Curtsey.[1]
They had four children: their eldest daughter Annabel served as a bridesmaid to Princess Margaret in 1960.
References
- ↑ The Honourable Margaret Rhodes (26 June 2011). "I'm blissfully happy... married to the best and nicest man in the world - the Queen's verdict on life as a newlywed [Excerpt from The Final Curtsey]". Daily Mail.