death_place death_date religion birth_place parents birth_date spouse article_title education name death_cause
new york hospital , new york 03 february 1996 episcopalian hastings-on-hudson , new york lewis '' née '' zinsser -rrb- douglas w. douglas and margaret `` peggy '' -lrb- 05 october 1928 andrew mackenzie hay -lrb- 1968-1977 -rrb- sharman douglas
 brearley school vassar college sharman douglas bone cancer
sharman douglas

sharman douglas -lrb- october 5 , 1928 -- february 3 , 1996 -rrb- was an american socialite known for her friendship with the british royal family , in particular princess margaret .
she was the only daughter of chemicals heiress and philanthropist peggy zinsser -lrb- d. 1992 -rrb- and politician lewis w. douglas -lrb- d. 1974 -rrb- who served as arizona congressman , director of the bureau of the budget from 1933 until 1934 , and u. s. ambassador to the court of st. james 's from 1947 until 1950 .
it was during these three years in england that she developed her friendship with princess margaret and the royal family .
at various times in her life , `` charmin ' sharman , '' as she was known during her father 's tenure as ambassador , worked as a talent agent , a movie publicist , and a public-relations agent .
in 1966 , new york city mayor john lindsay named her new york 's commissioner of public events .
linked romantically to the marquess of blandford and the marquess of milford haven in the 1950s , she also reportedly had a two-year relationship with the united kingdom 's princess margaret , according to `` margaret : the secret princess , '' an itv program broadcast in britain in february 2003 .
sharman douglas married andrew mackenzie hay , a food importer , in 1968 .
they divorced in 1977 .
her first cousin josalee douglas was the first wife of count jean-françois de chambrun , who later married raine , countess spencer , the former stepmother of diana , princess of wales .
sharman douglas died of bone cancer at new york hospital in 1996 .
