On This Day In Royal History . 6 May 1960 . Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones . . ◼. Margaret married the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960. . ◼ The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television, & attracted viewing figures of 300 million worldwide. Despite the public enthusiasm, most foreign royal families of Europe disapproved a king’s daughter marrying a photographer. Queen Ingrid of Denmark was the only foreign royal to attend the wedding. . ◼ Margaret’s wedding dress was designed by Norman Hartnell, & worn with the Poltimore tiara. . ◼ The Princess had eight young bridesmaids, led by her niece, Princess Anne. The other bridesmaids were her goddaughter, Marilyn Wills, daughter of her cousin Jean Elphinstone & Major John Lycett Wills; Annabel Rhodes, daughter of her cousin Margaret Elphinstone & Denys Rhodes; Lady Virginia Fitzroy, daughter of Hugh Fitzroy, Earl of Euston; Sarah Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther; Catherine Vesey, daughter of Viscount de Vesci; & Lady Rose Nevill, daughter of the Marquess of Abergavenny. The Duke of Edinburgh escorted the bride & the best man was Dr Roger Gilliatt. . ◼ The honeymoon was spent aboard the royal yacht Britannia on a six-week Caribbean cruise. As a wedding present, Colin Tennant gave her a plot of land on his private Caribbean island, Mustique. The newly-weds moved into rooms in Kensington Palace. . ◼ In 1961, the Princess’s husband was created Earl of Snowdon, whereupon she became formally styled HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. The couple had two children (both born by Caesarean section at Margaret’s request): David, Viscount Linley, born 3 November 1961, and Lady Sarah, born 1 May 1964. . ◼ The marriage widened Princess Margaret’s social circle beyond the Court and aristocracy to include show business celebrities and bohemians, & was seen at the time as reflecting the breakdown of class barriers. The Snowdons experimented with the styles and fashions of the 1960s. . . #d6may #Princess #PrincessMargaret #antonyarmstrongjones #history #Westminster #Abbey #westminsterabbey #CityofLondon #London #RoyalWedding (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2vuNbj098/?igshid=llfza0biputt
