Princess Margaret Rose & Antony Armstrong-Jones: May 6, 1960


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Please post pictures of the engagement and Wedding of Princess Margaret Rose Windsor and Lord Anthony, Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley.
 
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The groom's name was Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones, and he was created Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley before his wedding. He was never Lord Anthony since his father wasn't a duke or an earl.

Looking forward to the pictures!
 
Elspeth said:
The groom's name was Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones, and he was created Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley before his wedding. He was never Lord Anthony since his father wasn't a duke or an earl.
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Thanks Elspeth, I have amended the title of the thread to reflect the proper titles.


February 26, 1960 - Original caption: Princess Margaret Announces Engagement. Windsor, Berkshire, England: Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones leave Windsor lodge to stroll the grounds following the announcement of their engagement here. APL picture.

February 28, 1960 - Princess Margaret and her fiancee Antony Armstrong-Jones reading telegrams of congratulations after the announcement of their engagement. APL picture.

February 29, 1960 - Original caption: This photo released on February 29th, shows Britain's Princess Margaret and her fiance, Antony Armstrong Jones, both 29, at Windsor, where their engagement was announced on February 26th. Armstrong-Jones was moved out of his bachelor apartment to take up residence in Buckingham Palace. APL picture.



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He wasn't created Earl of Snowdon until a month or so before his first child was born. Margaret married Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones -- no title at all.
 
 
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Thanks for all these pictures Mandy! They are all fabulous, especially the formal portraits of Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones.
 
You're welcome Alexandria. I think that Margaret is one of the most beautiful brides.
 
Hapiness Can Be Hard to Find

Princess Margaret was beautiful enough for ten women. She was more than beautiful, she was lovely.

She was a princess who was independently wealthy with a splendid diamond collection.

But did she ever find hapiness? I just hope the first years of her marriage were good for her.
 
I have heard that Princess Margaret was one of most European prettiest women in the 50s to 60s.
 
Margaret Was Beautiful

I've seen lots of pictures in these pages and others, such as GREMB. Princess Madeline is spectacularly gorgeous, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa is beautiful, Queen Anne Marie is beautiful, and there are more (I'm sidestepping the recent group of gorgeous brides). But Princess Margaret had a combination of beauty and style that made her special, one of the great beauties of history. :)
 
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I read that the Queen was intially reluctant about Margaret and Antony marrying. She knew they both had strong personalities and feared the couple would clash, but she still approved the marriage because she wanted Margaret to be happy after the Townsend affair.
 
Courtiers privately acknowledged that Tony would have a hard time adjusting, if he ever did at all, to following his wife, but there's no evidence the Queen ever voiced such worries, if she had them at all. A lot of courtiers said he wasn't perfect, but he was better than nothing at all. And Margaret really had nothing at all to choose from. All the other men who served as escorts had married, and he seemed to mesh well with her personality.
 
Photos by PUBLIFOTO / OLYMPIA:






From Polfoto:

 
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I read that the Queen was intially reluctant about Margaret and Antony marrying. She knew they both had strong personalities and feared the couple would clash, but she still approved the marriage because she wanted Margaret to be happy after the Townsend affair.
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I have read that the Queen was not against the marriage, but she did not want a lavish wedding. I think at the time people have already started to complain about the costly life style of the royal family.
 
Elspeth said:
The groom's name was Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones, and he was created Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley before his wedding. He was never Lord Anthony since his father wasn't a duke or an earl.

Looking forward to the pictures!
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Strictly speaking, the correction should have read that he couldn't be Lord Anthony because he wasn't the son of a duke or a marquess. The courtesy title of the son of an earl would never take the form Lord + first name. The eldest son would be known by the earl's subsidiary peerage title and the younger sons as the Honourable + first name + surname.
 
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Strictly speaking, the correction should have read that he couldn't be Lord Anthony because he wasn't the son of a duke or a marquess. The courtesy title of the son of an earl would never take the form Lord + first name. The eldest son would be known by the earl's subsidiary peerage title and the younger sons as the Honourable + first name + surname.
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Thanks for pointing that out; of course I meant duke or Marquess (I also meant Antony, not Anthony) - obviously a day when I was posting without having my brain engaged.:rolleyes:
 
Wow! Princess Margaret was soo beautiful bride! Thank you for posting!
 
Princess Margaret was a truly beautiful bride. Everything was in place, beautiful, stylish dress and veil, makeup perfect, hair perfect. but I am sorry, I don't think she looked over the moon happy on her wedding day. She didn't glow the way most brides do. In fact, the only time she ever looked really happy as an adult in pictures was when she was with her children. To me, her eyes always looked so sad and she had the MOST incredible eyes.
 
Princess Margaret was very beautiful as a bride. But I agree that she did not look happy, on her wedding day or after. It would be interesting to look at old pictures of weddings to see which brides looked really happy, and then compare that to how things turned out. I think you can tell a lot by the bride's happiness but sometimes you are surprised--look at Alexandra and Joachim, they were happy, but their marriage failed.
 
but i thought she looked really happy on her wedding day
 
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones

I hadn't seen these photos in such a long time and I had never realised how much Viscount Linley looks like his father. I had always thought he resembled his mother but now can definitely see his father.

Jannygai
 
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I hadn't seen these photos in such a long time and I had never realised how much Viscount Linley looks like his father. I had always thought he resembled his mother but now can definitely see his father.

Jannygai
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Yeah Viscount Linley takes after his father, Lord Snowdon alot. I think the same applied to Lady Sarah Chatto. Looking at their facial expressions, you can not say much or little of Princess Margaret, just like a copy of Lord Snowdon, i think.
 
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