ANTONY ARMSTRONG-JONES was the first Earl of Snowdon after he married Princess Margaret – daughter of King George VI and younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
Antony was an English photographer and film maker, who had two children with Princess Margaret, before he ended the marriage and had three other children from different mothers. Get to know the children of the late Antony Armstrong-Jones.
Who are Antony Armstrong-Jones children?
Antony Armstrong-Jones is described as the “first royal rebel” following a life filled with sex, drugs and alcohol.
He had five children: one from a previous affair before he had his first marriage, two from Princess Margaret, one from his second wife – whom he divorced in 2000, and another one with Melanie Cable-Alexander, who he had an affair with.
Polly Fry
Polly was Antony’s first daughter – born on May 28, 1960 – but people thought that she was the daughter of Jeremy Fry.
This is because Camilla Fry – Jeremy’s wife – was the mother.
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Jeremy and Antony were best friends, but the Earl of Snowdon had an affair with Camilla during his engagement with Princess Margaret and she got pregnant.
They hid the fact that Polly actually belonged to Antony and for 45 years, she believed that Jeremy was in fact her father.
It was not until 2004 when Polly decided to take a DNA test following rumours on why her believed-to-be parents split and why although she had a good relationship with Jeremy, they weren’t that close.
She requested DNA from Antony and finally found out the truth.
Years after finding out the truth about her father, Polly – who is now a writer and interior designer – wrote a letter to the Daily Mail in 2008 to tell her side of the story.
She said: “Founding out at age 45 that the man I had idolised and put on a pedestal higher than Nelson’s Column since I was a small child was not in fact my father was hard burden to bear.”
The Daily Mail reported that Polly still attended her father’s funeral although he left nothing for her in the will.
David Armstrong-Jones – 2nd Earl of Snowdon
David Armstrong-Jones was the first born of his mother Princess Margaret and his father Antony.
He was born on November 3, 1961, and that time he was fifth in line for the throne, but now stands 21 places behind.
He became the second Earl of Snowdon following his father’s death in 2017 and before he was known as Viscount Linley.
Lord Snowdon is a furniture maker and was previously the boss of top auction house Christie’s.
He was married to Serena Armstrong-Jones, whose father is Viscount Petersham.
The Viscount hired David to design furniture and from there, the two started dating and got engaged in May 1993.
The Queen and Princess Diana made part of the 650 guests that attended the wedding.
In 2020, it was announced the weds will be parting ways as a spokesperson for the earl said: “The Earl and Countess of Snowdon have amicably agreed that their marriage has come to an end and that they shall be divorced.
“They ask that the press respect their privacy and that of their family.”
Together they had two children – Charles Armstrong-Jones born on July 1, 1999 and Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones born on May 14, 2002.
Lady Sarah Chatto
Lady Sarah Chatto is the second child of Princess Margaret and Antony, born on May 1, 1964.
She prefers to live a life out of the royal spotlight with her husband Daniel Chatto – who she’s been married to since July 14, 1994.
Both she and her husband are into arts. She got an A level in Art and then studied at the Camberwell School of Art as well as the Royal Academy Schools.
Meanwhile her husband – who she met during a sabbatical in India – is a British artists and former actor.
Lady Sarah went to India with her father Antony to photograph the production of A Passage To India.
She had several exhibitions of her art and is also the vice president of The Royal Ballet.
Lady Sarah and David have two children together – Samuel David Benedict who was born on July 28, 1996 and Arthur Robert Nathaniel who was born on February 5, 1999.
She is also one of Prince Harry’s six godparents chosen by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Lady Frances von Hofmannsthal
Following his split in 1978 from Princess Margaret – who cheated on him with Roddy Llewellyn – Antony married Lucy Lindsay-Hogg six months after.
The couple got a divorce in 2000, but during the time they were married, they had a daughter, Frances.
Born on July 17, 1979, Lady Frances also inherited artistic talents from her father.
She had a good relationship and when she launched her fashion label, she designed coats inspired by the backdrop from her father’s studio in Kensington – in which he photographed the Queen, David Bowie, Audrey Hepburn and many others.
She launched her fashion label called Frances in 2016 and started selling smock coats in three sizes.
During an interview with The Evening Standard, she recalled how her father is one of her artistic inspirations.
She said: “I was always brought down after the sitting and he would introduce me to the subject, ask what I thought of the lighting. It was magical.”
Lady Frances is married to Austrian aristocrat Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal and they had three children together.
Jasper Cable-Alexander
When he marriage with Lucy was edging to the end, Antony had an affair with Melanie Cable-Alexander.
On April 30, 1998, his fifth and last son was born – Jasper.
His mother was a journalist for Country Life and had to appeal for child support from Antony.
Melanie raised Jasper as a single mother, but Antony still left his £250,000 in his will.
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Jasper attracted media attention mainly because of his father’s resemblance.
His is also having great success in his career as a photographer and film director, following in his father’s footsteps.
