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In 1961, Margaret's husband was created Earl of Snowdon. The couple had two children (both born by Caesarean section at Margaret's request): [144] David, born 3 November 1961, and Sarah, born 1 May 1964. [102] The marriage widened Margaret's social circle beyond the court and aristocracy to include show business celebrities and bohemians.
Princess Margaret met photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1958 at a dinner party at the Chelsea home of Lady Elizabeth Cavendish. [2] [3] The two had previously encountered each other when Armstrong-Jones was the photographer at the wedding of Margaret's friends, Lady Anne Coke and The Hon. Colin Tennant, in April 1956. [4]
Among Snowdon's lovers in the late 1960s was Lady Jacqueline Rufus-Isaacs, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Reading. [57] In spite of her own affairs, Margaret was said to be particularly upset when hearing about this woman. [63] Margaret and Snowdon separated in 1976, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1978. [60]
In 1947, Margaret—the daughter of King George VI and the Queen Mother and younger sister to Queen Elizabeth II—first met and fell in love with Townsend, a Royal Air Force Pilot and soon-to-be ...
The new season of The Crown introduces Princess Margaret’s future husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, to the Netflix hit's viewers. The late society photographer, later titled Lord Snowdon by Queen ...
On May 6, 1960, Princess Margaret married Lord Snowdon at Westminster Abbey. It was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television, with an estimated 300 million viewers tuning in around ...
In Season 2, Episode 4, 'The Crown' depicts Billy Wallace as a terrible fiancé to Princess Margaret, but what's the real story? Here's why Princess Margaret broke up with her fiancé, Billy.
The accounts of this period are somewhat in conflict, and some obituaries for Rosemary and her former husband have suggested a different story behind the official one. [3] Princess Margaret and Townsend became close at some point before Townsend sued for divorce in November 1952; most obituaries state that the Princess turned to Townsend for ...