Princess Margaret, 71
Posted: Saturday, February 9th, 2002 6:34 pm
Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth, has died, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. She was 71.
She died “peacefully in her sleep” at 6:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. ET) in King Edward VII Hospital, a statement from the palace said. Her children, Lord Linley, 40, and Lady Sarah Chatto, 37, were at her side.
The palace said Princess Margaret suffered a stroke Friday afternoon, and developed cardiac problems during the night. She was taken to the hospital at 2:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m. Friday ET).
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Margaret suffered at least two strokes in recent years. Confined to a wheelchair and often donning heavy dark glasses, she was last seen in public before Christmas at the 100th birthday party for Princess Alice.
Princess Margaret’s death comes amid her sister’s Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of her accession to Britain’s throne.
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The younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the princess was born at Glamis, the Scottish home of her grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, August 21, 1930, and was christened Margaret Rose. … Read full obituary
