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Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, has died "peacefully in her sleep" at the age of 71 after suffering a stroke.
In a statement Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen, with great sadness, has asked for the following announcement to be made immediately.
"Her beloved sister, Princess Margaret, died peacefully in her sleep this morning at 6.30am in the King Edward VII Hospital."
The princess had been suffering ill-health in recent years
Her children Lord Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto were at her side at the London hospital.
Speaking on his plane on his way to Sierra Leone, Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "I'm deeply saddened to hear of the death of Princess Margaret.
"My thoughts are with the Queen, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and the rest of the Royal Family at this time."
Princess Margaret suffered the stroke on Friday afternoon. She developed cardiac problems during the night and was taken from Kensington Palace to the hospital at 0230GMT.
The Queen on Friday left Sandringham, her Norfolk estate, and travelled to Windsor where she remained in touch with developments.
The 101-year-old Queen Mother, who is recovering from a persistent chesty cold, stayed on at Sandringham House.
Ill health
The royal death will cast a shadow over the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
The Queen Mother, pictured on her 93rd birthday with Margaret, remains in Norfolk
On Wednesday, Accession Day, the Queen marked the 50th anniversary of her coming to the throne - the date her father died.
The princess was born Margaret Rose on 21 August, 1930, at Glamis Castle in Scotland, the ancestral home of her mother's family.
After the war she began to assume royal duties, and was noted for her glamorous looks, dress sense and busy social life.
In the 1950s she fell in love with Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced man, but renounced him after coming under political, family and church pressure.
She later married the photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones. They had two children but the marriage ended in divorce.
Margaret has been dogged by ill-health in recent years and has suffered at least two strokes.
She was last seen in public before Christmas at Princess Alice, the Dowager Duchess of Gloucester's 100th birthday party.
She was confined to a wheelchair and wore heavy dark glasses, her sight having been affected by a stroke.
Margaret's face also appeared puffy, understood to be the effects of medication.
www.bbc.co.uk
Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, has died "peacefully in her sleep" at the age of 71 after suffering a stroke.
In a statement Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen, with great sadness, has asked for the following announcement to be made immediately.
"Her beloved sister, Princess Margaret, died peacefully in her sleep this morning at 6.30am in the King Edward VII Hospital."
The princess had been suffering ill-health in recent years
Her children Lord Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto were at her side at the London hospital.
Speaking on his plane on his way to Sierra Leone, Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "I'm deeply saddened to hear of the death of Princess Margaret.
"My thoughts are with the Queen, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and the rest of the Royal Family at this time."
Princess Margaret suffered the stroke on Friday afternoon. She developed cardiac problems during the night and was taken from Kensington Palace to the hospital at 0230GMT.
The Queen on Friday left Sandringham, her Norfolk estate, and travelled to Windsor where she remained in touch with developments.
The 101-year-old Queen Mother, who is recovering from a persistent chesty cold, stayed on at Sandringham House.
Ill health
The royal death will cast a shadow over the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
The Queen Mother, pictured on her 93rd birthday with Margaret, remains in Norfolk
On Wednesday, Accession Day, the Queen marked the 50th anniversary of her coming to the throne - the date her father died.
The princess was born Margaret Rose on 21 August, 1930, at Glamis Castle in Scotland, the ancestral home of her mother's family.
After the war she began to assume royal duties, and was noted for her glamorous looks, dress sense and busy social life.
In the 1950s she fell in love with Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced man, but renounced him after coming under political, family and church pressure.
She later married the photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones. They had two children but the marriage ended in divorce.
Margaret has been dogged by ill-health in recent years and has suffered at least two strokes.
She was last seen in public before Christmas at Princess Alice, the Dowager Duchess of Gloucester's 100th birthday party.
She was confined to a wheelchair and wore heavy dark glasses, her sight having been affected by a stroke.
Margaret's face also appeared puffy, understood to be the effects of medication.
www.bbc.co.uk
