Following the death of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, former husband of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, the new Earl of Snowdon is their son, David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones. Although he succeeded to his father’s peerage immediately upon his death, it is part of a well-established convention not to style him as Earl of Snowdon until after his father’s funeral.
David Armstrong-Jones was born on 3 November 1961 and was styled as Viscount Linley up until his father’s death. He was joined by a sister, Lady Sarah Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) in 1964. From the age of five, he took lessons with his cousin Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace and later went to several schools. He developed a passion for arts and crafts, and from 1980 to 1982 he studied at Parnham House for craftsmen in wood. He opened his own workshop, where he designed and made furniture and set up his own company. He is also the author of several books.
As a grandson of George VI, he currently stands 18th in line to succeed his aunt, Her Majesty The Queen. He is the first person in the line of succession not to be a direct descendant of Her Majesty.
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In 2011 Lady Margarita was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
No date has been set for his father’s funeral.
He married Serena Stanhope on 8 October 1993 not 2002 – at the moment you have his son born out of wedlock and not eligible to become Viscount Linley!
and in line to the succession to the throne.
The article gives the correct date of his wedding to Serena! His daughter was born in 2002!!
It does now – it didn’t earlier. It’s been corrected!
Sorry, I hadn’t read the earlier notice!!
It’s easily done!
The Viscount Linley is not the new Earl according to the British tradition until the furneral is completed. Unlike European nobility where it is automatically, the British like to follow protocol.
British Titles are hereditary. So as soon as the titleholder dies, their heir succeeds to the title. The article is correct that tradition waits until after the funeral to actually address the heir with their new title. But basically, once the toes cock up, the heir assumes the title.
I’m sure it is just a typo but the Vigil of the Princes was carried out by Prince Charles, Prince Andrew Duke of York, Prince Edward Earl of Wessex and not “Essex” along with Viscount Linley.
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yeah..good luck with this. This site curiously does not fix major typo’s. I’m still waiting on “Amber Grease” to be fixed.