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Princess Margaret (1930-2002), Daughter of George VI; Countess of Snowdon

Sitter associated with 228 portraits
The second daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and younger sister of the HM The Queen. Began carrying out public engagements, often with her sister, soon after the Second World War. As leader of the 'Princess Margaret set' she was known for her striking beauty that, combined with her fashion sense, made her a style icon for the 1950s and early 1960s. Married the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones (the Earl of Snowdon) in 1960. They had two children, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto. The marriage was dissolved in 1978. Acted for many years as an active patron of numerous charities and was President of the Royal Ballet.

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x25290

The official Silver Wedding group photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
bromide fibre print, 26 December 1971
NPG x25290

x26200

The official Silver Wedding group photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
colour print, 26 December 1971
NPG x26200

x126913

Princess Margaret in Mustique with friends

by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
archival inkjet print, March 1972
NPG x126913

x126928

The Wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips

by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 14 November 1973
NPG x126928

x26084

Princess Margaret

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1978
NPG x26084

x126924

Princess Margaret

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG x126924

D34068

Thanksgiving Service for King George V after twentyfive years' reign

after Francis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury
photograph of painting, (circa 1935)
NPG D34068

P1607

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret

by Norman Parkinson
C-type colour print, 1980
NPG P1607

x87176

Princess Margaret

by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
bromide print, 1932
NPG x87176

x126942

King George VI Coronation group

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x126942

x36743

Princess Margaret

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate negative, 1943
NPG x36743

Related People
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (nephew)
Princess Anne (niece)
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
Prince Charles (nephew)
Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (daughter)
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (uncle)
Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (nephew)
Queen Elizabeth II (sister)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (mother)
Lady Mary Frances Elphinstone (née Bowes-Lyon) (aunt)
King George V (grandfather)
King George VI (father)
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (uncle)
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (son)
Queen Mary (grandmother)
Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (aunt)
Lord Snowdon (husband)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandmother)
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (uncle)
Links
Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland
Category
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
Place
Angus