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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

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On This Day In Royal History . 6 May 1910 . King George V Accession . ◼ On 6 May 1910, King Edward VII died, & Prince George became king as George V . ◼ He wrote in his diary, “I have lost my best friend & the best of fathers … I never had a [cross] word with him in my life. I am heart-broken & overwhelmed with grief but God will help me in my responsibilities & darling May (Queen Mary) will be my comfort as she has always been. May God give me strength & guidance in the heavy task which has fallen on me”. . ◼ George had never liked his wife’s habit of signing official documents & letters as “Victoria Mary” & insisted she drop one of those names. They both thought she should not be called Queen Victoria, & so she became Queen Mary. . ◼ George objected to the anti-Catholic wording of the Accession Declaration that he would be required to make at the opening of his first parliament. He made it known that he would refuse to open parliament as long as he was obliged to make the declaration in its current form. As a result the Accession Declaration Act 1910 shortened the declaration & removed the most offensive phrases. . ◼ George & Mary’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911, & was celebrated by the Festival of Empire in London. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1910 #Accession #d6may #GeorgeV #KingGeorgeV #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #Emperor #EmperorofIndia #History #BritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheKing #OnThisDay #OTD #RoyalHistory #KingGeorge #windsorcastle #BuckinghamPalace #royalfamily #BritishRoyals #vintagephoto #vintagephotography #BritishRoyalFamily #britishroyalty #Theking (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2vKZ6jYqt/?igshid=ujgyphq1ugvi

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Happy belated birthday to Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. . Archie is the son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, & Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. He is seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. . Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on 6 May 2019 at the Portland Hospital in London. . . . #Archie #mountbatten #Windsor #mountbattenwindsor #archiemountbattenwindsor #Birthday #secondbirthday #PrinceHarry #Dukeofsussex #Duchessofsussex #TheDuchessofsussex #royalbaby #Royalty #Royals #BritishRoyals #thedukeofsussex #DukeandDuchess #RoyalFamily #british #American #BritishAmerican #London #lineofsuccession #archieharrison #archieharrisonmountbattenwindsor #BritishMonarchy #D6may #masterarchie #Monarchy #Familyphotos (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/COkAdbXjRAZ/?igshid=yb8pqhyo1zut

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On This Day In Royal History

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6 May 1910

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King Edward VII died

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◼ Edward generally smoked twenty cigarettes & twelve cigars a day. In 1907, an ulcer, a type of cancer affecting the skin next to his nose, was cured with radium.

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◼ Towards the end of his life he suffered from bronchitis. He suffered a momentary loss of consciousness during a state visit to Berlin in February 1909.

◼ In March 1910, he was staying at Biarritz in France when he collapsed. He remained there to convalesce. The King's continued ill health was unreported & he attracted criticism for staying in France while political tensions were so high.

◼ On 27 April he returned to Buckingham Palace, still suffering from severe bronchitis. Alexandra returned from visiting her brother, King George I of Greece, in Corfu on 5 May.

◼ The following day, the King suffered several heart attacks, but refused to go to bed saying, "No, I shall not give in; I shall go on; I shall work to the end."

◼ Between moments of faintness, his son the Prince of Wales (later King George V) told him that his horse, 'Witch of the Air', had won at Kempton Park that afternoon. The King replied, "Yes, I have heard of it. I am very glad": his final words.

◼ At 11:30 p.m. he lost consciousness for the last time & was put to bed. He died 15 minutes later.

◼ Edward VII was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 20 May 1910. As Barbara Tuchman noted in The Guns of August, his funeral marked "the greatest assemblage of royalty & rank ever gathered in one place &, of its kind, the last".

Portrait : 9 August 1905 by William & Daniel Downey Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020

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