Lord Snowdon, ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86

LONDON (AP) — Lord Snowdon, the society photographer and filmmaker who married Britain's Princess Margaret and continued to mix in royal circles even after their divorce, has died. He was 86.

Buckingham Palace also said that Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret's sister, had been told that he died.

Snowdon died peacefully at his home on Friday. Photo agency Camera Press confirmed his death.

One of the country's most famous photographers, Snowdon was one of the few top-echelon royals to hold down an outside job after he married the sister of Queen Elizabeth II in 1960, and his professional reputation grew steadily.

Margaret died in 2002.