Lord Snowdon, ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86
LONDON — Lord Snowdon, the society photographer and filmmaker who married Britain’s Princess Margaret and continued to mix in royal circles even after their divorce, has died. He was 86.
Buckingham Palace said that Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret’s sister, had been told that he died.
“The Earl of Snowdon died peacefully at home on 13th January 2017,” said Camera Press, the photo agency with which he worked.
One of the country’s most famous photographers, Snowdon was one of the few top-echelon royals to hold down an outside job after he married the queen’s sister in 1960, and his professional reputation grew steadily.