window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { pg.acq.push(function() { According to our Database, He has no children. Tony Armstrong has played in three AFL football teams and is now a sports presenter on the ABC. After her very bitter breakup with Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, who was equerry to King George VI as well as Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret got attracted to Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, a British photographer and filmmaker who captured her heart after they were introduced at a private dinner party in 1958. Read about our approach to external linking. Despite living (seemingly) happy lives together for the first part of their marriage, their relationship soured after the births of their two children. ga('ads.send', { Born Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones on March 7, 1930 in London, Armstrong-Jones, best known to friends and family as Tony, was the son of Welsh barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and Anne Messel. Tony Armstrong is a presenter on ABC News Breakfast, former AFL player and proud Barranbinya man. The Queen is believed to have given consent for Princess Margaret and the Ear of Snowdon to separate. That honor, instead, goes to his first wife, Princess Margaret,.css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;} who in marrying Armstrong-Jones became the first British royal to wed a non-aristocrat in 400 years. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. More info. Its one thing to be quirky on the radio and the football field, but quite another on TV five mornings a week (and with special Tonys Terrible News appearances on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering). Tony also continued to take official portraits of the royal family despite no longer being a member of it, according to the Daily Mail. They get married in May of 1960. Armstrong-Jones was later created Earl of Snowdon. He set up the Earl of Snowdon Award Scheme, using money he had made from photographs of the royal family to create funding for disabled students and helped design aids for the blind, hard-of-hearing, and those in wheelchairs. They traveled, touring America and hobnobbing with the Hollywood elite in a trip that was considered so scandalous by the Brits that Margaret wasn't allowed to return to the country in an official capacity for years. They didn't think of Tony who was often in the background.". let gads_event; The breakfast television landscape can be a tricky beast to conquer: on camera from 6am, filling three hours with a mix of news and light relief, all delivered with a smile on your face to an audience juggling breakfast, kids, jobs and dogs. Image: Getty. While Antony remarried (and then divorced), the couple remained close until Princess Margaret's passing in 2002. I wouldn't be up here without her. Princess Margaret first met Antony Armstrong-Jones at a dinner party in 1958, but it was far from love at first site. According to the publication, it's difficult to prove . The announcement comes less than a week after the Queen's grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn also revealed they are to split. Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in the 70s. The couple gave all appearances of being happy, but cracks began to show in the relationship. Princess Margarets Iconic 21st Birthday Dress Just Went on Display: It Was One of Her Favorites, Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones' Relationship Timeline, All About Queen Elizabeth's Sister, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. eventAction: 'view' Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. People say a lot of things they dont really mean, which is fine and super flattering, but if I have an opinion on something, for instance, black deaths in custody, it goes the other way. He's also an indigenous role model and supporter for LGBTIQ rights. He gossiped away to the princess. The tabloid kept pursuing the couple, and Llewellyn's brother even sold photos of them together to pay off his debts. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), As The Telegraph reported, "The. Despite official recognition, when Armstrong-Jones died in January 2017, he reportedly left Polly out of his will. This happened in real life, as de Courcy writes in her book: The princesss announcement was made six days after the birth of Prince Andrew. Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong-Jones, as depicted in The Crown. The princess wed photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960, but their marriage was also marked by scandal before their divorce in 1978, the first in the royal family in 400 years. It wasnt until 1967 that Tony took the famous photo that likely inspired The Crowns version. The Cavan woman arrived in Melbourne 15 years ago and immediately set about building a name for herself. Did Antony Armstrong-Jones Have a Love Child? He became outspoken in the House of Lords and the press as an advocate for those with physical disabilities and mobility issues. There are no plans for divorce proceedings.". Vanity Fair notes the married couple were close with Snowdon, and rumors of a romantic relationship between all three of them persisted. Be a part of the ABC Everyday community by joining our Facebook group. Armstrong is a proud Aboriginal man. His childhood in the Earl of Rosse's house was reportedly not a loving one. He was an unusual choice for a royal husband a Bohemian-style photographer with a sense of mischief.. Now, shes one person whose advice doesnt get asked for, he deadpans. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Front cover of The Tatler celebrating the royal wedding between Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey on 6th May 1960 Illustrated London News Ltd / Mary Evans. Princess Margaret and photographer Tony Armstrong Jones who made a name for himself as a society photographer with his portraits of members of the Royal family. Their courtship was kept under wraps, however, and the princess would secretly visit him at his studio. You know this was a man who became, when he was married, a serial adulterer. In the series, Tony is depicted having an affair with his best friend Jeremy Fry and his wife Camilla Fry, which did in fact happen. She also mingled with Robin Douglas-Home and others that were never confirmed. Antony Armstrong-Jones married Princess Margaret in May 1960 in the first televised royal wedding. Kate Middleton Makes the Case for Houndstooth, Prince William & Kate Middleton Visit Wales, Courteney Cox Hasn't Read Prince Harry's Memoir, 85 Times Kate Middleton Re-Wore Her Outfit. And thats obviously a broader issue the Australian medias got. Keystone-France // Getty Images His Marriage to Margaret Princess Margaret first met Antony. }) We don't have much information about se has any past relationship and any previous engaged. Antony Armstrong-Jones married her after finalizing his divorce from Princess Margaret. Buckingham Palace confirmed that Princess Margaret's ex-husband Antony passed away on January 13, 2017, at the age of 86. }); While the Queen's sister Princess Margaret's life was ideal for tabloids as it was bejeweled with one scandal after the other, few have stopped to ponder at how she constantly strove to be happy but failed in her trainwreck of a life that also included her husband going behind her back and having an affair with the wife of his best friend. Please try again later. The 31-year-old Barranbiyan man and former AFL footballer was confirmed as the News Breakfast sports presenter last week, taking over from viewer favourite and widely admired journalist Paul Kennedy, who has moved into a senior sports reporting role after 13 years with the breakfast show. first Indigenous person to call an AFL game. Princess Margaret's husband was Antony Armstrong-Jones, a photographer, and most importantly, a commoner. He really was. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. While the couple wouldn't announce their engagement until months later, Antony reportedly proposed to the princess the same day she learned that her former fianc, Captain Peter Townsend, was getting remarried. They weren't under the radar for long, though. The Princess will carry out her public duties and functions unaccompanied by Lord Snowdon. After taking out the 2022 Logie forMost Popular New Talent, quite literally nobody can argue that he's not the man of the hour, which naturally raises questions around his relationship status. Added to this, his 2008 biography shed more light on this and other extramarital affairs. "Finding out at the age of 45 that the man I had idolized and put on a pedestal higher than Nelsons Column since I was a small child was not in fact my father was a hard burden to bear," she wrote in the Daily Mail in 2008. Why did I? Their wedding was also the first televised royal wedding, paving the way for Princess Diana and Prince Charles, .css-tjvzc4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;border-bottom:thin solid #6F6F6F;}.css-tjvzc4:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Prince William and Kate Middleton, and soon, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The panel were. She is of American nationality but has roots to Lebanese ethnicity. He has a son, Jasper William Oliver Cable-Alexander, who was born in 1998 and is the product of Snowdon's affair with Melanie Cable-Alexander, a magazine editor. While the princess was in a relationship with Llewellyn, she announced her separation from Antony on March 19, 1976. The 31-year-old Barranbiyan man and former AFL footballer was confirmed as the News Breakfast sports presenter last week, taking over from viewer favourite and widely admired journalist Paul Kennedy, who has moved into a senior sports reporting role after 13 years with the breakfast show. Though they began dating in 1958, Armstrong-Jones and Princess Margaret were quiet about their relationship in the beginning. Eventually, the affair fizzled, and Llewellyn married another woman . RM E0RNFW - Feb. 02, 1960 - Princess Margaret to Marry Photographer, he photographs a wedding; The engagement was announced last night between H.R.H. 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