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Lord Snowdon, with his daughters Lady Sarah Chatto (left) and Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones, who he can thank for saving his archive of photographs - and £8million home. [48], The couple separated in 2000 after the revelation that Snowdon, then aged 67, had fathered a son, Jasper William Oliver Cable-Alexander (born 30 April 1998), with Melanie Cable-Alexander, an editor at Country Life magazine. 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Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon GCVO FRSA RDI (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017) was a British photographer and filmmaker who married Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. [2] He was called "Tony" by his close relatives. In October 1981 a group portrait by Snowdon of the British rock band Queen was used on the cover of their Greatest Hits album. 'I wanted it to be alive with his stories and not like a retrospective or a museum,' says Frances. [6] His paternal grandmother, Margaret Armstrong-Jones (née Roberts), was a graduate from Somerville College, Oxford and was the daughter of Sir Owen Roberts, the Welsh educationalist. [28] Over 100 of his photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. [73] The government of the day had expected Lord Snowdon to follow the example of members of the royal family and turn down his right to a life peerage. Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal is a great-grandson of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey. As revealed by The Sunday Telegraph earlier this year, Lord Snowdon has been co-operating on a sensational book likely to outrage the Royal Family. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Lady Frances, 32, who is his ... who is married to art gallery owner Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal. [47], Snowdon was married twice. [49] Despite the public enthusiasm, some critics "disapproved" of a commoner marrying into the royal family. Latest news of births, marriages and deaths in the Peerage,Baronetage and landed gentry families. On her side, there was a penchant for late-night partying, while on Snowdon's part there was undisguised sexual profligacy. He was 91. [52], The marriage began to collapse early and publicly; various causes may have been behind the failure. Arctic air will sweep a chill across UK tonight with parts of Scotland set for snow and below zero freeze -... Five people are killed in mid-air crash involving two tourist planes in France. Jeremy Fry rejected her claim, and Snowdon denied having taken a DNA test. [44] One of his last contributions to the Lords was in response to the Queen's Speech of 1992. For other people, see. The narrow escape has had an unintended consequence. [73], Snowdon retired from the House of Lords on 31 March 2016[74] having seldom attended[75] nor claimed any expenses for many years. Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones's son is Rex von Hofmannsthal Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones's daughter is Maud von Hofmannsthal Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones's daughter is Sybil von Hofmannsthal. [58] Anne de Courcy reports the claim by Polly Fry, born on 28 May 1960, in the third week of Lord Snowdon's marriage to Princess Margaret, and brought up as a daughter of Jeremy Fry, inventor and member of the Fry's chocolate family, and his first wife, Camilla, that she was in fact Snowdon's daughter. Just the other day it was revealed that Francis Wheen, deputy editor of Private Eye, lost a 50-year archive of his life and work in a garden shed fire at his Essex home, so her efforts are more than timely. [42], He was granted a patent for a type of electric wheelchair in 1971. [9], Armstrong-Jones's parents divorced in 1935 when he was five years old. Lord Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret, had left a magnifying glass in the sun at his Kensington house. The engagement was announced 4 December, 2019, between Mr Richard Frederick C. Alliott [born 1991], son of George B. Alliott [born 1958]... _ What do we know about Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi? 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It features film interviews and exclusive access to her father's extensive Polaroid albums and 50-odd scrap books dating back to 1957. "Most people, including the Royal Family, took his side. Lord Snowdon, his women, and his love child. [20] Baron, impressed, agreed to bring on Armstrong-Jones as an apprentice, first on a fee-paying basis[20] but eventually, as his talent and skills became apparent to Baron, as a salaried associate. In 2000 A Snowdon portrait of Freddie Mercury was used on the cover of his The Solo Collection box set. [61] From 1976 until 1996, Snowdon also had a mistress, journalist Ann Hills. Whitaker's Concise Almanack. [22] He later became known for his royal studies, among which were the official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh for their 1957 tour of Canada. "She expected her husband to be with her more, but one of Tony's strongest motivations was work. 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Only a timely intervention by the Earl of Snowdon's daughter Frances has prevented her society cameraman father's vast archive of photographs — not to mention his £8 million home — from going up in smoke. [59] Polly Fry asserted that a DNA test in 2004 proved Snowdon's paternity. She was born on 17 July 1979 and married Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal in 2006. 6 October 1961. p. 7199. The City of London is dying on its feet - so why is its Labour Mayor piling on the pain? Tolkien. During the six months that he was in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary recuperating, his only family visits were from his sister Susan.[11][12]. He was born at Eaton Terrace, Belgravia, in London. [60] She was born on 17 July 1979 and in 2006 married Rodolphe, Edler von Hofmannsthal, great-grandson of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey and great-great-grandson of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland . 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