Elizabeths Queen Sister Death Funeral Princess Margaret Death

She was 71 years old.

Elizabeths queen sister death funeral princess margaret death. Princess margaret died on february 9 2002 after a series of strokes which left her with impaired vision and reduced mobility her death came in the same year the queen celebrated her golden. She left behind two children but no husband. The queen suffered the loss of her younger sister princess margaret and the queen mother in quick succession in 2002. Both the queen and the prince of wales paid tribute to the queen mother in separate television broadcasts.

On february 9 2002 the queens press secretary issued a statement that princess margaret died in her sleep from cardiac complications related to the stroke shed had the afternoon before. Like diana a twinkle in her eye. Associated press london princess margaret the high spirited and unconventional sister of queen elizabeth ii died saturday after a life that echoed with regret and thwarted love. After years of illnesses princess margaret died from a stroke in 2002.

Princess margaret the younger sister of queen elizabeth ii whose troubled private life aroused both worldwide sympathy and widespread reprobation died yesterday morning in london. The princess died in hospital last saturday following a stroke. She suffered a stroke the afternoon before her death and. Margarets death came amid her sisters golden jubilee the 50th anniversary of her.

Andrew motion who had previously written poems for the wedding of prince edward the queen mothers 100th birthday and the death of princess margaret released an elegy in honour of the queen mother. Princess margaret aged 35 in 1965 had planned her funeral the queen prince philip sarah and her brother viscount linley stood to one side as the coffin of the princess was manoeuvred into a.