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Queen Elizabeth’s nephew David Armstrong-Jones is set to divorce, a spokesman said on Monday – the second marriage split in the British royal family announced within a week.
Armstrong-Jones, 58, the son of Queen Elizabeth’s late sister princess Margaret, and his 49-year-old wife, Serena, have been married since 1993.
“The Earl and Countess of Snowdon have amicably agreed that their marriage has come to an end and that they shall be divorced,” a spokesman for the couple said.
“They ask that the press respect their privacy and that of their family.”

Princess Margaret's son to divorce in second royal separation in a week https://t.co/WngIPdQsxp pic.twitter.com/57QdxTRygK
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 17, 2020

The earl is the first person in the line of succession to the throne who is not a direct descendant of Queen Elizabeth.
He was born fifth in line but is now 21st in the order of succession.
Known professionally as David Linley, the Earl of Snowdon is a furniture maker and was the chairman of Christie’s auction house.
The couple have two children: Charles, 20, and 17-year-old Margarita.
The news comes after Queen Elizabeth’s oldest grandchild Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn announced last Tuesday that they have separated and will divorce.
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Phillips, 42, and his Canadian wife, Autumn, will share custody of their two daughters and both remain in Gloucestershire, southwest England.
Phillips is the son of the monarch’s daughter Princess Anne and her first husband Mark Phillips. He is the eldest of her eight grandchildren.
He has no royal title and has never carried out duties on behalf of the royal family and so does not receive a public income.
He was born fifth in line to the throne but is now 15th.

The marriage breakdowns have piled more misery on the royal family.
They come after Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry and his US wife Meghan quit their royal roles last month in search of financial independence, and moved to Canada.
Meanwhile the monarch’s second son Prince Andrew stepped back from all royal duties in November following a public outcry over his friendship with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.


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Queen Elizabeth arrives to open the Wolferton Pumping Station in Sandringham, in Britain. Photo: PA Wire via dpa

epa08210766 (FILE) - Peter Phillips (L) and his wife Autumn Phillips seen before the annual Easter Sunday Service of the Royal family at St Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle, Britain, 21 April 2019 (reissued 11 February 2020). British media report 11 February 2020 Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Phillips have said they have separated and are due to divorce. Peter Phillips is grandson of Queen Elizabeth. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

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Peter Phillips and Autumn Phillips at the 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. File photo: AFP

(Centre row left to right) The Prince of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. (front row left to right) Sarah, Duchess of York, Princess Beatrice of York and Peter Phillips take their seats ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday October 12, 2018. See PA story ROYAL Wedding. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire /Pool via REUTERS

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle warn media over paparazzi shots

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, looks at Britain's Prince Harry during an event in London in October. Photo: Reuters

This January 20, 2020 photo shows the temporary North Saanich home of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan in Vancouver, British Columbia. - Prince Harry was spending the first full day of his new life in Canada on January 21, 2020 after jetting in from Britain to join his wife Meghan following their shock exit from their royal roles. Harry, 35, landed at Vancouver International Airport on a British Airways flight from London Heathrow shortly after 7:00 pm on Monday (0300 GMT Tuesday).He then took a connecting flight to Victoria on Vancouver Island, where he and Meghan have temporarily set up a home from home, having spent six weeks on the Pacific west coast over Christmas with their baby son Archie. (Photo by Alia DHARSSI / AFP)

Britain ditches policy of flying flags for royal birthdays in wake of Prince Andrew scandal

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, arrives to attend a church service at St Mary the Virgin Church in Hillington, Norfolk. Photo: AFP

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prince Andrew arrives at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) in Nonthaburi, Thailand. The British government says it is reviewing the policy of raising Union Jacks atop town halls on royal birthdays, after some officials balked at flying the flag for scandal-hit Prince Andrew. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has sent an email to local authorities reminding them to fly the flag for Andrew's 60th birthday on Feb. 19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, file)

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