The royal family, the government and the Church of England had forbidden a marriage. Months after the divorce, Lord Snowdon married Lucy Mary Lindsay-Hogg, the former wife of the film director and baronet, Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The couple broke up in 2000 after it was disclosed that Lord Snowdon had fathered a son with Melanie Cable-Alexander, an editor. But Lord Snowdon denied taking the test, and Jeremy Fry called the claims “utter nonsense.” The de Courcy book cited many other affairs that Lord Snowdon was said to have acknowledged, including a 19-year relationship with a journalist who committed suicide in 1996. Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones was born in London on March 7, 1930, to Ronald and Anne Messel Armstrong-Jones.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2017 16:26 UTC