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[[File:Combined_Coat_of_Arms_of_Princess_Margaret_and_Antony_Armstrong-Jones.svg|thumb|Combined coat of arms of Anthony and Margaret, the Earl and Countess of Snowdon]]
===Ceremony===
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 millon 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"/>
 
===Attendants===