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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Christmas at Sandringham House

Time: Monday Dec 25, 1939

Place: England, United Kingdom

Details: They spent Christmas at Sandringham House before moving to Windsor Castle, just outside London, for much of the remainder of the war.

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December 1939

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1939

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Sep, 1939 - Moscow, Russia
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