Her Royal Highness, Princess Margaret, in her uniform is President of the Girl Guides Association, pictured on arrival at the girl guides Commonwealth headquarters in Buckinham Palace Road SW1, where she was attending the 52nd annual general meeting of the council of the association

Agency: Central Press Photos

Gatwick, Sussex. A smiling Princess Margaret at London's Gatwick airport today on her arrival from the West Indies, where she has been holidaying at her villa on the Grenadine island of Mustique

Agency: Press Association

Tony demande son divorce a la reine, Margaret s'est enfuie avec ce jeune homme [Translation: Tony asks for his divorce to the Queen, Margaret fled with this young man]

London. A 1973 library picture of Princess Margaret, Lord Snowdon and their children, Viscount Linley, 14 and Lady Sarah Armstong Jones, 12. Buckingham Palace refused to comment on a report that the couple are seeking a legal separation

Broadcast Date: 10 May 1978

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/104

Agency: Press Association

Hullavington, Wiltshire. Part of the farm at the end of a no-through road called Surrendell, at Grittleton, near Hullavington, where according to local villagers today Princess Margaret has spent "away from it all" weekends with a group of friends, including 28 year old Mr Roddy Llewellyn

Agency: Press Association

London. In her uniform as President of the Girl Guides Association, Princess Margaret arrives at the commonwealth Headquarters in London today to attend the annual general meeting of the Council of the Girl Guides Association

Agency: Press Association

London. Backstage of the Colisieum Theatre, London. Princess Margaret is greeted warmly by ballet star Rudolf Nureyev following the performance of Romeo and Juliet. (Left) Nureyev kisses Princess Margaret. Princess Margaret delighted as Nureyev presents her with a rose

Agency: UPI

London. Princess Margaret backstage at the London Palladium last night when she met American pop superstar Neil Diamond (jacketless) after the opening night of his British tour which ends with a concert before an expected 50,000 people at Woburn Abbey on 2 July

Agency: Press Association

Composite made at London's Heathrow airport today of Princess Margaret and her pop star companion Roddy Llewellyn when they left for a holiday on the tiny island of Mustique. See PA story "Princess and Roddy go on Holiday" timed 1315

Agency: Press Association

Princess Margaret and her boyfriend fly off to the Caribbean. Princess Margaret and Mr Roddy Llewellyn, 30, at Heathrow airport on Saturday when they left for a holiday on the Caribbean Island of Mustique, where the Princess has a house. The Princess's name was not given in the VIP list and airport officials were not told she was travelling until the last minute

Broadcast Date: 7 March 1978

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/105

Agency: Keystone

The Sad Princess. Princess Margaret, surrounded by her family struggled with the decision over her future, the Prime Minister Jim Callaghan will be seeing the Queen tonight when the matter of her friendship with Roddy Llewellyn will be discussed. He is expected to broach the question of the increased payments to the Royal family

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/106

Agency: Keystone

Agency: UPI

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/23

Agency: The Times

Broadcast Date: 18 May 1978

Agency: The Sun

London. Princess Margaret divorce from the Earl of Snowdon as it appears in the Supreme Court of Judicature Daily Cause List for hearing in the London Divorce Court today. The case will be heard by Judge Roger Willis, 71, in courtroom 44 of the Queen's building. It is listed as 20th of 28 cases which will be dealt with in a rubber stamp operation taking about 2 minutes

Agency: Press Association

Tokyo. Princess Margaret poses for the camera, flanked by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako as they meet at the Imperial Palace here

Agency: UPI

Hollywood. Princess Margaret of Great Britain poses for cameras with TV "Starsky and Hutch" stars David Soul (right) and Michael Glasser as the Princess toured 20th Century Fox Studios. The Princess watched as stars film a scene from their show and then had lunch with them at the studio

Agency: UPI

Newcastle. Fur hatted Princess is full of smiles during the naming and launch of HMS Illustrious at Wallsend on Tyne

Agency: Unknown

Los Angeles. A group calling itself Action for Irish Rights brought several pigs to a reception for Princess Margaret in Los Angeles in protest of her alleged remarks in Chicago where she was quoted as saying "Irish Pigs". She said she was misquoted and had said "Irish Jigs" as a euphamism for terrorists. The Princess entered by another door and did not see the protesters

Agency: UPI

Margaret on Mustique. Happiness in the sunshine Court. Princess Margaret on the Caribbean island of Mustique, where she has a home and spends many of her holidays. Here, she relaxes with friends, including (from left) the Honorable Dominic Elliott, Colin Tennant, Basil Charles (who runs Basil's Bar on the Beach), Nicholas Courtney and, in front of him, Lady Anne Tennant

Broadcast Date: 9 February 2002

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/108

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Patrick Lichfield

Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret to Visit Canada. Princess Margaret with her children Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones (she was born 1 May 1964) and her son Viscount Linley (born 3 November 1961). Princess Margaret and Lady Sarah will leave London on Monday 6 July to fly to Canada where they will attend a gala performance of the Royal Ballet on the occasion of the Royal Ballet's 50th anniversary. The performance will take place at the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. After this the Princess and her daughter have several engagements in the province of Ontario and they will fly back to London on 13 July. Viscount Linley is a first year student at Parnham House at Beauminster, Dorset, where he is studying woodwork

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/111

Agency: Unknown

Manila. Britain's Princess Margaret (left) toasts with Imelda Marcos, first lady of the Phillipines, during reception at the presidential palace here. Princess Margaret arrived for a 5 day official visit

Agency: UPI

Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret will visit Canada on 18 July 1980. She will spend ten days in Saekatchewan and Alberta, in connection with the 75th anniversary of their joining the Canadian Confederation. Her Royal Highness is photographed by Norman Parkinson at Kensington Palace

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/109

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

Toronto: The Queen Mother (centre), her daughter Princess Margaret (right), and Margaret's daughter Lady Sarah Armstong Jones (left) chat for a moment in the 16th floor corridor of the Royal York Hotel here. The Queen Mother ends a six day visit to Canada while Princess Margaret and her daughter began a week long visit to Canada

Agency: UPC

Photographer: Julien LeBourdais

Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret to Visit Canada. Princess Margaret is flying to Canada on Monday 6 July for a week's visit. Her first appointment will be to attend the gala performance of the Royal Ballet Company on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary at the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto on 7 July. Her Royal Highness will spend the rest of her stay in engagements in the Province of Ontario. On this visit she will be accompanied, for the first time, by her daughter Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/110

Agency: Camera Press

Timmins, Ontario. Visits Mine. Princess Margaret tours the Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins, Ontario, Thursday, decked out in all of the necessary accessories including hard hat and flash light. Her Royal Highness will visit Cambridge, Ontario on 10 July

Photographer: Bill Becker

Timmins, Ontario. Waiting, Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones waits on the surface while her mother, Princess Margaret, tours the Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins, Ontario. Thursday. Mrs Whitehead, Lady Sarah's Lady in Waiting is in background

Photographer: Bill Becker

Colchester, Essex. Richard Stone, a Colchester postman's son, executed this painting of Princess Margaret, destined for the Royal Anglians Meanee Barracks, in Colchester. The Princess made Mr Stone change the painting because she thought she looked too severe, so changed the expression to "a sort of half smile", and the Princess was delighted with the result. Mr Stone (30) painted the Queen Mother in 1973, and is currently working on an official drawing of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, to mark her 80th birthday on Christmas Day

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/112

Agency: Press Association

Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret with the man she is rumoured to be about to marry, banking heir Norman Lonsdale. According to persistent press reports, the two will announce their engagement shortly. Norman Lonsdale was Princess Margaret's guest in Mustique recently

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/113

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Alan Davidson

Princess Margaret smiles at Major General Geoffrey Howlett, Commandent Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, today, where the Princess on behalf of the Queen, reviewed the Sovereign's Parade

Agency: Press Association

Princess Margaret smiles during the inauguration of the M V Olau Britannia, at Sheerness

Agency: BIPNA

ITN Reference: ROYAL/MARG/

Agency: Unknown

Agency: Unknown

Agency: Unknown

Princess Margaret takes a puff of her cigarette holder during a reception to mark changes in the Girl Guides Association at Mercers' Hall, London, today

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

London. Memorial Service Beaufort. Princess Margaret (right) and the Duchess of Kent in London today when they attended a memorial service for the Duke of Beaufort in the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

Agency: Press Association

Heathrow. Margaret off to Mustique. Princess Margaret, in a bright turquoise cape and white silk scarf, at Heathrow Airport today when she left for a holiday at her Caribbean hideaway on the island of Mustique. The Princess , who had a lung operation at Brompton Hospital in London three weeks ago, is expected to spend some time convalescing in the Caribbean sunshine. See PA story "Royal Margaret"

Agency: Press Association

London. Harlech Memorial Service. Princess Margaret on today's arrival at Westminster Abbey where she attended a Memorial Service for Lord Harlech

Agency: Press Association

London. Trouser suit princess . With a fur coat over a crushed velvet trouser suit, Princess Margaret on tonight's arrival at Guildhall for the centenary dinner for delegates attending the International Orchid Conference, arranged by the Royal Horticultural Society. It is her first official engagement since her lung operation earlier this year

Agency: Press Association

Heathrow. Margaret for Hungary. Princess Margaret at Heathrow Airport, London today prior to flying out for the first time on a British Aerospace 146, which is expected to be a new Queen's Flight aircraft, for a five day official visit to Hungary. The Princess, President of the Royal Ballet will attend the company's first performances of the season in Budapest

Agency: Press Association

London. Royal helps AIDS charity. Princess Margaret meeting two AIDS sufferers, Nigel Sheldrick (2nd left) and Colin Clarke (3rd left) who are members of the London Lighthouse Project, an AIDS charity, at the Playhouse Theatre in London tonight. Left is Mary Pipes, who is also involved in the project. The Princess was attending a performance of Ian McKellan's new one-man show, 'Acting Shakespeare', to raise money for the charity

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

Heathrow. Sunshine holiday for Princess. A fur clad Princess Margaret at Heathrow Airport today, before flying out to New York on Concorde. Once there she is expected to change flights for the journey to the Caribbean island of Mustique, her regular holiday destination

Agency: Press Association

President's Address. Princess Margaret addresses the 65th annual meeting of the Girl Guides Association in London today in her capacity as President

Agency: Press Association

Published in "The Mirror"

Published in the "Daily Express"

Published in the "Daily Mail"

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Camera Press London

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Camera Press London

Queen Mary, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret today visited the afternoon performance of the Royal Tournament at Olympia (London)

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library