Queen Elizabeth II attends Sunday with nephew, David Armstrong

Queen Elizabeth II was seen on Sunday to attend Mass with her nephew David Armstrong-Jones, a few days after the death of his father Lord Snowdon.

Like the previous Sunday, the 90 year old sovereign went to service this Sunday January 15th 2017 with her husband 95 year old Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The couple didn't attend to their usual St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, the royal couple attended the religious service celebrated at St Mary the Virgin Church in the neighbouring village of Flitcham .

For this Sunday outing in the rain, the monarch, who was sheltering under a transparent umbrella bordered by black, had opted for a purple mantle with black collar and gold buttons on a matching dress. She was wearing a hat coordinated with her outfit, stitched with black oak leaves.

While last Sunday Queen Elizabeth II was accompanied by her grandson Prince William, his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Middleton family, she appeared this time alongside her nephew David Armstrong-Jones and his wife Serena. David is the son of her late sister Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, whose death was officially announced two days earlier.

Antony Armstrong-Jones had been created the first count Snowdon by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. After his death, the title passed on to his son David, who became second count Snowdon. "The Telegraph" points out that Elizabeth II was always close to the children of her younger sister -David Armstrong-Jones and Lady Sarah Chatto and would have been "deeply saddened" by the death of Lord Snowdon. "However, it is not yet clear whether Her Majesty will attend the funeral of her former brother-in-law, which should take place in Wales," said the British media.

The passing away of Lord Snowdon, the Late Princess Margaret's former husband at age 86

Earlier this morning, the royal world was in shock when it was announce through his family spokesman that Lord Snowdon passed away. Lord Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II's deceased sister, died on Friday at the age of 86.

In her earlier years in the 50's, she was the known as the first "royal rebel" same as her husband. Lord Snowdon, died Friday at the age of 86, announced the photographic agency for which he worked. "Count Snowdon died peacefully at his home on January 13," Camera Press said in a statement. Born in March 1930, Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, son of a lawyer and a woman of the world, was also a great photographer.

He was known for his portraits of a young Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip during their visit to Canada in 1957, the engagements photos of prince Charles and the late Princess Diana. During the 1960s and 1970s, One of the greatest British photographers. Reporter and artistic director of the Sunday Times, Antony Armstrong-Jones will remain famous for his photographs of the great ones of the world, of which a hundred are still kept at the National Portrait Gallery.

News from Buckingham Palace informs us that Her Majesty was inform on the Count's passing away

In 1960, the fashionable and a little bohemian photographer married a very turbulent and rebel Princess Margaret, the British sovereign' only and little sister. A few years earlier, Princess Margaret had to give up her love for squire divorcee Peter Townsend, for Armstrong-Jones becoming the first untitled man to marry the daughter of a king in 450 years. A year later, he will still be given a title of count, to look good. From their union were born Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto. But the marriage quickly collapsed, and in public.

The couple was full of scandals especially their infidelities were largely spread out in the press. If his wife had the reputation of being a seducer and a penchant for the party, Lord Snowdon was known for his numerous mistresses, and even, it is said, lovers. A rumor he never really denied: "I never fell in love with boys - but men have been in love with me." In 2004, a new biography explained that he had a child of a mistress, shortly before his marriage with Margaret.

The British Royal Courts: Another Sunday service at Sandringham

This January 17, Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh were accompanied by David Viscount Linley and his wife Serena for Sunday's service.
While she stays in her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, Queen Elizabeth II usually attends the Sunday church service in the village church. But on Sunday, the sovereign, dressed in a peach color together and topped with a coordinated hat with feathers, instead attended service at Hillington.
As usual, Prince Philip was with his wife. But it could also count on the presence at this Mass of another family member. In this case his nephew David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, who came with his wife Serena Stanhope. 54 years old, he is the son of her sister Princess Margaret, died in 2002. The daughter of Margaret, Lady Sarah Chatto, was with Elizabeth II and the British royal family for Christmas Mass on 25 December Sandringham.
Photo credits: Paris Match


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