Snowdon: Public Figure, Private Man

by Hoey, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780750938686
• ISBN10: 0750938684
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

When Antony Armstrong-Jones married Princess Margaret in Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960, he became, at a stroke, a member of the Royal Family. He was also a trailblazer who prepared the way for other commoners such as Mark Phillips, Diana Spencer and Sarah Ferguson to join this exclusive, if dysfunctional, family group. Created the first Earl of Snowdon by his sister-in-law, the Queen, he was also the first Royal rebel, refusing to accept a subsidiary role to his wife and never willing to walk the mandatory two steps behind her in public. As a photographer, he is among the most sought after in the world. Brian Hoey has talked to Snowdon's son, David, the actor Graham Stark, the late Sir Harry Secombe, Sir Anthony Hopkins and journalist Quentin Crewe to give us a full and frank portrait of this fascinating man.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Author's Note	ix
1 Snowdon at Home	1	(11)
2 Public Figure, Private Man	12	(15)
3 Early Days	27	(24)
4 A Photographer in the Making	51	(12)
5 Royalty Revealed	63	(11)
6 An Engagement is Announced	74	(8)
7 A Royal Wedding	82	(14)
8 Honeymoon Afloat	96	(8)
9 Tony & Margaret	104	(17)
10 Tony & the Royal Household	121	(6)
11 The Reluctant Royal	127	(14)
12 The Royal Impresario	141	(12)
13 A Parting of the Ways	153	(19)
14 Tony & Diana	172	(16)
15 Life after Margaret	188	(12)
16 The Snowdon Children	200	(18)
17 Tony Today	218	(9)
18 Two Royal Deaths	227	(10)
19 Still Searching for Happiness?	237	(9)
Appendix 1: Snowdon the Craftsman	246	(5)
Appendix 2: Snowdon Family Tree	251	(1)
Select Bibliography	252	(1)
Index	253