As the first Royal wedding to be televised live from Westminster Abbey, it gripped the attention of the British nation. The groom was the first commoner to marry into senior royalty for centuries.
The pictures, when they finally surfaced, rocked the nation. The apparently happily-married Princess Margaret, in figure-hugging corset-boned swimsuit, with a toyboy 18 years her junior.
For all their many accomplishments, the Windsors have rarely been thought of as sparkling musicians. Yet that doesn t mean they haven t succeeded in mastering instruments