Princess Margaret Wedding

The princess margaret was the second daughter of king george vi and lady elizabeth bowes lyon while antony armstrong jones was a noted society photographer.

Princess margaret wedding. It made history as the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television with an estimated 300 million. Lord snowdon in 1958 and a couple of months later sat for a portrait with him. Like princess margaret herself princess margarets wedding was nothing short of ground breaking. The wedding of princess margaret and antony armstrong jones took place on friday 6 may 1960 at westminster abbey in london.

Before long the two struck up a. Princess margaret met tony armstrong jones in 1960 margaret first met tony aka. 21 august 1930 9 february 2002 was the younger daughter of king george vi and queen elizabeth and the only sibling of queen elizabeth ii. The royal wedding of 2011.

In 1961 the britannica book of the year published a biography of princess margaret rose sister of queen elizabeth. On may 6 1960 princess margaret married antony armstrong jones at westminster abbey. As the first royal wedding to be televised we owe princess margaret and antony armstrong jones a. Margaret spent much of her childhood with her parents and sister.

Princess margaret and antony armstrong jones. The bridal group at buckingham palace may 6 1960 at the wedding of princess margaret and antony armstrong jones. Queen elizabeth s sister announced on october 31 1955 that her engagement to captain peter townsend was no more. Buckingham palace announced that princess margaret died peacefully in her sleep at 130am est at the king edward vii hospital february 9 2002 in london.

Photo by getty images. Princess margaret countess of snowdon ci gcvo cd margaret rose. Princess margaret gave up love for the crown on this day 65 years ago. 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.

Her life changed dramatically at the age of six when her paternal uncle king edward viii abdicated to marry.