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  Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones, née Windsor) 21 August 1930–9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
HRH The Princess Margaret with her sister and mother on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday 4 August 2000.
Margaret’s last public appearance was at the 100th birthday celebrations of her aunt, HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in December 2001.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10070
Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom is the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon.
She was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, and styled 'By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
Margaret Rose Windsor, Princess of the United Kingdom was the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon.
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 Victoria of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.
married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861-1922)
Source: Report of a conversation with Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in which she talked of William's health problems.
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 United Kingdom Heads
Margaret's fourth husband was a pronounced Yorkist, Thomas, Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby; but his final defection from Richard III on the field of Bosworth secured the victory to his stepson, Henry VII.
Margaret, though she seldom appeared at her son's court, remained, until her death, his constant correspondent and one of his wisest advisers.
Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and Spanish Princess Catherine of Aragon.
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 2004 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 2003 in the United Kingdom, other events of 2004, 2005 in the United Kingdom and years in the United Kingdom.
January 1 - Papers released under the Thirty Year Rule reveal that, contrary to what was believed at the time, Princess Margaret would not have lost her title nor Civil List payments had she married Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced War hero, in the 1950s.
January 6 - The coroner's inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and her lover Dodi Al-Fayed is officially opened.
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King Leopold’s unpopular and elegant second wife, HRH Princess Liliane of Belgium, Princess of Réthy, was present with her children (who are not in the Belgian line of succession), TRH Prince Alexandre, Princess Marie Esmeralda and Princess Marie Christine.
Certainly the guest who got most attention in Brussels, Princess Margaret was received by the Prince and Princess of Liège and dazzled everyone in the galas before the wedding and in the wedding itself.
The Government of the Kingdom and members of the Camber of Deputies and the Senate, as well as the military authorities and the clergy were among the three thousand people present in the Collegial Church.
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 Victoria of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of III of the United Kingdom">King George III, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield[?], sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.
At the tender age of eighteen, she ascended to the throne following the death of King IV of the United Kingdom">William IV on June 20, 1837, Victoria was to prove Britain's longest reigning monarch.
Queen Victoria died in 1901, at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor Castle.
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 United Kingdom - History of the Flag
When King James VI of Scotland ascended to the English throne, thereby becoming James I of England, the national flags of England and Scotland on land continued to be, respectively, the red St George's cross and the white St Andrew's cross.
The flag became 'the ensign armorial of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' as one of the provisions of the Act of Union in 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Royal Standard was considered to be the Standard of the United Kingdom, and not the Standard of the Sovereign.
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 Princess Margaret
"Princess Margaret will be remembered for her love of life, her enthusiasm for music and ballet and for her devotion to many causes.
Princess Margaret was well-known to Canadians and admired for her tireless advocacy on behalf of youth, children and the care of the sick.
Indeed, one of her lasting legacies in Canada is the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, one the leading centres of cancer research in the world.
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United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a
United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
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 United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
500 The Scots, a Gaelic-speaking tribe from Ireland, settled in the kingdom of Dalriada (Argyll).
Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.
The red cross of St George is taken from the flag of England.
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 United Kingdom - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The United Kingdom is comprised of four constituents, England, Wales and Scotland which alone form Great Britain and combined with Northern Ireland and several island groups, form the United Kingdom.
Also in 1992 the Royal Family became the center of controversy with various revelations that Princess Di wished to end her marriage with Prince Charles while the IRA continued its bombing campaign throughout Northern Ireland and London for several weeks at a time.
On Dec. 3, 1993 Princess Diana announced that she was withdrawing from public life to spend more time with her sons and indicated that the intrusive nature of the tabloid press was responsible for her decision.
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 United Kingdom 5.2
But even taking into account all of these anonymous "ambassadors" of the animal kingdom, our ad hoc statistics still do not include dolphins fatally maimed during capture and transport, dolphins simply forgotten by their owners, and dolphin babies conceived in the wild but delivered in captivity, stillborn, rejected or even deliberately drowned by their mothers.
During Margaret Klinowska's official enquiry on behalf of the government and taxpayer, all of the existing dolphinaria reported ambitious plans to modernise and improve their facilities.
Almost her entire career has been dependent upon research on captive dolphins and she was therefore highly unlikely to come out in favour of meaningful restrictions or abolition, whatever the evidence in favour of such action.
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 Fredericksburg's Wall of Honor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was a minister with the United Methodist Church, a taxi driver, a newspaper owner, and a community activist.
John Hurkamp immigrated from the German kingdom of Hanover to Fredericksburg in 1843 at the age of 25.
She was also on the board of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the National Organization for Women and was a founding member of the Margaret Brent Society, an investment club for area women.
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Behind them comes the members of royal families who were already in Brussels for the wedding, being possible to see HM the King of Norway accompanied by HM Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians and leaving the room, in the back of the picture, HRH the Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg.
In the second image it is possible to recognize HRH the Princess of Liège accompanied by the Count Marone, husband of Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain, being followed by HRH Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom and her husband Mr.
On the back of the picture it is possible to recognize HIRH the Archduke Otto of Austria, Prince of Hungary as well as HRH the Duchess of Braganza, born Princess of Brazil.
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 Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: People: Royal Family: Princess Margaret
CBC News: Princess Margaret  · cached · CBC News takes an in-depth look at the life of Princess Margaret.
In Depth: Princess Margaret (BBC Coverage)  · BBC News Online looks at the life of Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Margaret @ The Royal Archive  · Biography and discussion board.
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 United Kingdom News.Net
United Kingdom News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
This particular portal features all the latest breaking United Kingdom news, collating headlines and stories from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and our own dedicated journalists.
Links to United Kingdom sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
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 Learn more about List of people on stamps in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This territory (with an "s") refers refers to the southern part of the United Kingdom trust territory that eventually voted in a referendum to join the Republic of Cameroun.
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1972, 1978)
Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married in St Pauls Cathedral, London, England, on the 29th of July 1981.
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 Victoria of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.
Following the death of Leopold's wife, Princess Charlotte Augusta, in childbirth, the only legitimate child of King George IV, in 1817, there had been a scramble by the king's brothers to abandon their mistresses, marry, and beget an heir to the realm; Edward, marrying at the age of fifty, was the one who supposedly succeeded.
This theory is not perceived as credible, however, as a male who is not a hæmophiliac cannot carry the gene for hæmophilia.
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 CalendarHome.com - August 21 - Calendar Encyclopedia
1998 - The United States destroys a pharmaceutical plant (erroneously believed to be a chemical weapons plant) in Sudan
1765 - William IV of the United Kingdom (d.
1930 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (d.
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1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
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 ARRS: Aspiration and Arthrogram Useful in Evaluating Prosthetic Hip Infection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ATLANTA, GA -- May 1, 2002 -- Hip aspiration followed by arthrogram appears to be useful in evaluating suspected prosthetic hip infections, researchers said here at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS).
D.D. Sunderamoorthy, of Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, United Kingdom, presented the findings of a new study assessing the "controversial" procedure for its ability to diagnose prosthetic hip infection.
Assessing prosthetic hip infection is important in diagnosing septic versus aseptic loosening, because the operative treatments of the two diagnoses are different, he explained.
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 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: People: Royal Family: Princess Margaret   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
CBC News: Princess Margaret - CBC News takes an in-depth look at the life of Princess Margaret.
In Depth: Princess Margaret (BBC Coverage) - BBC News Online looks at the life of Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Margaret @ The Royal Archive - Biography and discussion board.
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 Amazon.com: Books: The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her Majesty's immediate family, her mother, also Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mum, her father, King George VI, and her sister Margaret, were considered the "family of families" by the British public throughout King George VI's reign, particularly during the War years of 1939-1945.
Millions the world over watched Her Majesty's wedding, (when she was still a Princess), and later her coronation; for many people, it was the first time they had ever watched television.
She and her sister were babysat on occasion of the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain's, dubbed the "evil envoy" by the public, visit to her father the King by Rose Kennedy, the ambassador's wife.
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 2001 FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
April_29 - Census of population in the United Kingdom.
May_16 - John_Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister of United Kingdom, assaults Craig Evans at an election rally in Rhyll, North Wales.
December_11 - The United States government indicts Zacarias_Moussaoui for involvement in the attacks on September 11th.
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 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | August 21 | Burning Bartle Feast day of St Our Lady of ...
On a Thursday evening, a number of residents of Knock, in County Mayo, Ireland claimed to have seen a group of religious statues come to life at the local Roman Catholic church.
Residents of the village of Cnoc Mhuire, Margaret Beirne, Mary Beirne, Mary McLoughlin claimed to have seen in broad daylight the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist (dressed as a bishop) appear at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.
United States destroyed a pharmaceutical plant (erroneously believed to be a chemical weapons plant) in
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 Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This series was highly anticipated as longtime Boston Bruins star and current Colorado defenseman Ray Bourque wins the Stanley Cup for the first time in his illustrious 22 year NHL career, a few days after the team's victory, Bourque announces his retirement.
August 6 - : George W. Bush is informed in his President's Daily Brief that Osama bin Laden is determined to strike targets within the United States and that the FBI believed activity consistent with preparations for hijacking US airplanes was underway.
At the time this was the largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States.
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 February 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
1909 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (d.
2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b.
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