Page "Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon" Paragraph 19
from
Wikipedia
Princess Margaret began her royal duties at an early age.
She attended the silver jubilee of her grandparents, George V and Queen Mary, at age five in 1935.
She later attended her parents ' coronation in 1937.
Her first major royal tour occurred when she joined her parents and sister for a tour of South Africa in 1947.
Her tour aboard Britannia to the British colonies in the Caribbean in 1955 created a sensation throughout the West Indies, and calypsos were dedicated to her.
As colonies of the British Commonwealth of Nations sought nationhood, Princess Margaret represented the Crown at independence ceremonies in Jamaica in 1962 and Tuvalu and Dominica in 1978.
Her visit to Tuvalu was cut short after an illness, which may have been viral pneumonia, and she was flown to Australia to recuperate.
Other Overseas tours included the United States in 1963, Japan in 1969 and 1979, the United States and Canada in 1974, Australia in 1975, the Philippines in 1980, Swaziland in 1981, and China in 1987.
Page 1 of 1.
2.045 seconds.