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President Johnson Welcomes Princess Margaret of England

In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
Photographer
Joseph J. Scherschel
Date of Work
November 17, 1965
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Historical Association
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