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David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
1961Nov, 3

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker, a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK, and nephew of Queen Elizabeth II. The son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, when he was born he was fifth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of September 2021, he is 25th, and the first person who is not a descendant of the Queen.

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