Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdown, was the sister of Queen Elizabeth II and perhaps one of the “rebels” of the Royal Family. During the 1950s and 60s, Margaret struggled as the Archbishop of Canterbury refused to allow her to marry a divorced man. Eventually, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960. Ultimately, it all contributed to her years of heavy drinking and smoking and…
Some may know him as The Right Honourable David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and some may know him as The Queen’s nephew. The 3 of November marks 60 years since David was born to Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
Fully…
Antony Armstrong-Jones was born on the 7th March 1930, the son of barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and his first wife Anne Messel, in Belgravia, London. It is perhaps his mother’s lineage that later led to his creative side, Oliver Messel the stage designer was a maternal…
Looking Back at the Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones
6th May 2017
On 6 May 1960, Princess Margaret became the first royal to marry in a televised ceremony when she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in a glittering service at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Margaret had been linked to several beaus, most notably her father’s and sister’s former equerry, Peter Townsend. After a tumultuous period of will-they-won’t-they, their relationship ended on 31…
