On this day in history . 7th March 1930 . Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, was born. . Marriage to Princess Margaret; . In February 1960, Snowdon, still known as Antony Armstrong-Jones, became engaged to the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, & they married on 6 May 1960 at Westminster Abbey. . The couple made their home in apartments at Kensington Palace. As he had been without title, he was created Earl of Snowdon & Viscount Linley of Nymans in the County of Sussex on 6 October 1961 due to concerns over the prospect of a British princess giving birth to a child without a title. . The Snowdon title has centuries-old royal associations, since the name Snowdon was borne by the Welsh princes & the House of Gwynedd before 1282, though here it was granted as a nod to Armstrong-Jones’s Welsh ancestry. A Barony of Snowdon (sometimes spelled Snaudon) was a subsidiary title of King George II’s son Frederick, Prince of Wales. . . The couple had two children: . David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, born 3 November 1961& Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, born 1 May 1964. . The marriage began to collapse very early & publicly. Various causes may have been behind the failure. In 1953 Margaret had been dissuaded from accepting the proposal of Group Captain Peter Townsend. . . Because Snowdon travelled around the world to complete assignments, he was often separated from his wife for many weeks. . Their break-up lasted sixteen years, accompanied by drugs, alcohol, & bizarre behaviour by both parties, such as Snowdon’s leaving lists between the pages of books the princess read for her to find, of “things I hate about you”.. . The marriage ended in divorce in 1978, when Roddy Llewellyn briefly entered Princess Margaret’s life & Snowdon played the outraged husband. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1930 #AntonyArmstrongJones #EarlofSnowdon #Earl #otd #OnThisDay #bornonthisday #Snowdon #PrincessMargaret #CountessofSnowdon #Royalty #Monarchy #British #Photographer #Photography #Portraitist #BritishMonarchy #d7mar #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Britishhistory (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIjlivAJkR/?igshid=1t9f1a28iybgw
