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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - More than 100 journalists waited at Balmoral when Eden arrived to discuss the marriage with the Queen and Margaret

Time: Saturday Oct 1, 1955

Place: Scotland, United Kingdom

Details: More than 100 journalists waited at Balmoral when Eden arrived to discuss the marriage with the Queen and Margaret on 1 October 1955. Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor, that month prepared a secret government document on the proposed marriage.

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