Princess Margaret Of England Wedding

Princess margarets 1960 nuptials to photographer antony armstrong jones was every bit the fairytale wedding.

Princess margaret of england wedding. Margaret spent much of her childhood with her parents and sister. Princess margaret and antony armstrong jones. The skirt had 30 meters33 yards of fabric. Piping ran from the neckline to the hem marking the twelve panels of the three layered skirt.

Princess margaret then 29 years old and armstrong jones then 30 were married in an elaborate ceremony at westminster abbey on may 6. Prince william and catherine middleton. Before long the two struck up a. And fittinglythe couple often described as bohemian by the presswere trendsetters as their ceremony was the first ever royal wedding to be televised.

Crowds cheered and some even fainted as the handsome photographer said i do to the. Princess margaret met tony armstrong jones in 1960 margaret first met tony aka. Princess margarets wedding dress was designed by norman hartnell the favorite designer of the royals and was made from silk organza. On 26 february 1960 princess margarets engagement to antony armstrong jones a photographer was announced and on 6 may of that year she married him in the first televised royal wedding.

Her life changed dramatically at the age of six when her paternal uncle king edward viii abdicated to marry. In 1961 the britannica book of the year published a biography of princess margaret rose sister of queen elizabeth. Margaret was the first member of the royal family in some 300 years to be born in scotland at her mothers family seat of glamis castle. Princess margaret and princess elizabeth arrive at windsor great park in england for a tree planting ceremony commemorating the work done by the british agriculture fort the red cross.

Lord snowdon in 1958 and a couple of months later sat for a portrait with him. The royal wedding of 2011.