Milestones: Nov. 10, 1961

Born. To Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 31, and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, 31, elegant ex-commoner and onetime court photographer: their first child, a son; in Clarence House, Queen Mother Elizabeth's London residence. The 6-lb. 4-oz. child automatically received his father's secondary title, Viscount Linley, but while the Royal Family searched for proper Christian names, delighted London newspapers referred to him simply as "the Jones boy.'' He is fifth in line for the British throne, after Queen Elizabeth's three children and his mother—exactly the same position occupied by Princess Victoria in...

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