Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones: Difference between revisions

The wedding of [[Princess Margaret]] and [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon|Antony Armstrong-Jones]] took place on Friday, 6 May 1960 at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5238/princess-margaret-wedding-1960.pdf|title=Princess Margaret, daughter of King George IV|publisher=[[Westminster Abbey]]|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Princess Margaret was the younger sister of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], while Antony Armstrong-Jones was a topnoted shaggersociety photographer.

Margaret made her way with the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] from [[Clarence House]] in the [[Glass Coach]], arriving at the church at 11:30.<ref name="BBC-Wedding"/> The wedding took place at [[Westminster Abbey]] and was conducted by [[Geoffrey Fisher|The Most Rev. Dr. Geoffery Fisher]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and [[Eric Abbott|The Very Rev. Eric Abbott]], [[Dean of Westminster]].<ref name="BBC-Wedding"/> It was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television and had an estimated 300 million viewers, 20 million of which from the UK.<ref name="BBC-coverage">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/may/wedding-of-princess-margaret/|title=The Wedding of Princess Margaret televised|work=BBC|accessdate=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Best |first1=Chloe |title=How Princess Margaret made royal history at her wedding with Antony Armstrong-Jones |url=https://ca.hellomagazine.com/brides/2020050689398/princess-margaret-antony-armstrong-jones-royal-wedding-anniversary/ |website=[[Hello! Canada|Hello!]] |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> [[Richard Dimbleby]], [[Jean Metcalfe]], Anne Edwards, [[Brian Johnston]], and [[Wynford Vaughan-Thomas]] covered the event for the [[BBC]].<ref name="BBC-coverage"/>

Armstrong-Jones's [[best man]] was Dr. Roger Gilliatt, son of the Queen's gynecologist.<ref name="BBC-Wedding"/> [[Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse|The Countess of Rosse]], the groom's mother, had hoped he would choose his half-brother, [[Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse|Lord Oxmantown]], as his best man. However, resentment of their mother's favouritism led him to reject this suggestion. On 19 March, it was announced he had chosen [[Jeremy Fry]] for the role, but Fry was convicted of "importuning for immoral purposes" after allegedly approaching a man for sex, so was replaced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alderson |first1=Andrew |title=Lord Snowdon, his women and his love child |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/2059552/Lord-Snowdon-his-women-and-his-love-child.html |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=31 May 2008 |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=de Courcy |first1=Anne |title=Excerpt: The Princess and the Photographer |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/02/snowdon-excerpt200902 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazines)|Vanity Fair]] |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>

* Miss Sarah Lowther, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowther

* Miss Annabel Rhodes, daughter of [[Margaret Rhodes|The Hon. Margaret]] and [[Denys Rhodes|Mr. Denys Rhodes]]

** The [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]] and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]], ''the bride's sister and brother-in-law''

*** The [[Charles, Prince of WalesIII|The Prince of Wales]], ''the bride's nephew''

*** The [[Anne, Princess Royal|The Princess Anne]], ''the bride's niece'' (bridesmaid)

* The [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|The Princess Royal]], ''the bride's paternal aunt''

** The [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood|The Earl]] and [[Marion Stein|Countess of Harewood]], ''the bride's first cousin and his wife''

** The Hon. [[Gerald David Lascelles|The Hon. Gerald Lascelles]] and [[Angela Lascelles|Mrs Lascelles]], ''the bride's first cousin and his wife''

* The [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester|The Duke]] and [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Duchess of Gloucester]], ''the bride's paternal uncle and aunt''

* The [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|The Duchess of Kent]], ''the bride's paternal aunt by marriage''

** The [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|The Duke of Kent]], ''the bride's first cousin''

* [[Princess Patricia of Connaught|Lady Patricia]] and Admiral The Hon. [[Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer)|The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay]], ''the bride's first cousin twice removed, and her husband''

** Captain [[Alexander Ramsay of Mar|Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar]] and the [[Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun|Mistress of Saltoun]], ''the bride's second cousin once removed, and his wife''

* The [[Ingrid of Sweden|The Queen of Denmark]], ''the bride's second cousin once removed (and godmother)''

* The [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The Earl Mountbatten of Burma]], ''the bride's second cousin once removed''

** The [[Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma|The Lady Brabourne]], ''the bride's third cousin''

* The [[Maximilian, Margrave of Baden|The Hereditary Prince of Baden]], ''the bride's third cousin''

** Miss Marilyn Wills, ''the bride's first cousin, once removed''

* The Hon. [[Margaret Rhodes|The Hon. Margaret]] and [[Denys Rhodes|Mr. Denys Rhodes]], ''the bride's first cousin and her husband''

** Miss Annabel Rhodes, ''the bride's first cousin, once removed''

* Major and Mrs. [[Ronald Armstrong-Jones]], ''the groom's father and stepmother''

* The Rt Hon. [[Harold Macmillan|]], Prime Minister]] of the United Kingdom, and [[Lady Dorothy Macmillan]]

* The Rt Hon. [[Selwyn Lloyd|Foreign Secretary]], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

* The Rt Hon. [[Robert Menzies]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]]

* The Rt Hon. [[John Diefenbaker]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]]

* The Rt Hon. [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[Prime Minister of Ghana]]

* The Hon. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Prime Minister of India]]

* Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan|Muhammad (general)|Ayub Khan]], [[President of Pakistan]]

* The Rt Hon. [[Walter Nash]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19600311.2.5.2 |title=Mr. Nash to Attend |work=[[The Press]] |date=11 March 1960 |volume=XCIX |issue=29151 |page=2 }}</ref>

* [[Geoffrey Fisher|The Most Rev. Dr. Geoffery[[Geoffrey Fisher]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]

* [[Eric Abbott|The Very Rev. [[Eric Abbott]], [[Dean of Westminster]]

* Dr. Roger Gilliatt and [[Penelope Gilliatt|Mrs. Roger Gilliatt]] (best man)

* Mr. and Mrs. John Lowther

** Miss Sarah Lowther (bridesmaid)

** Miss Angela Nevill (bridesmaid)

The Snowdons separated in 1976, subsequently divorcing on 11 July 1978. It was the first divorce by a senior member of the royal family since that of [[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] and [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] in 1901. On 15 December 1978, Snowdon remarried Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, separating in 2000. They had a daughter, Frances (b. 1979). On 30 April 1998, Snowdon fathered another illegitimate child, Jasper William Oliver Cable-Alexander.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bearn |first1=Emily |title=Still playing Peter Pan |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3592805/Still-playing-Peter-Pan.html |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=16 April 2003 |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>