Kylie Jenner decided to channel the ‘energy’ of her older sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian for her launch party on Thursday night for her brand new product – Sprinter vodka soda.

The 26-year-old shared a photo of her sisters from the early 2000s, with voluminous hair and sultry outfits; she shared it on her Instagram stories and wrote “energy tonight.”

The mother-of-two posted her outfit – a fitted latex dress – to her Instagram grid – and wrote ‘swipe for the inspo’ – with the image as it appears at the end.

Kourtney Kardashian, 44, commented on the post saying, “We made the mood board!!”

The reality star channeled their look as she replicated the big hair and showed off her chest in her latest dress.

Fans went wild over the post when someone said: ‘Add this to my hair inspo board.’ Another jokingly asked: ‘Omg can I borrow this dress?’

Donatella Versace also got in on the action, calling Jenner’s look “perfect” in the comments.

This comes a day after she stepped out looking like a busty bombshell as she arrived at the launch party for her canned vodka soda brand Sprinter in Los Angeles.

She was supported by her mother Kris Jenner, 68, and her older half-sister Khloe Kardashian, 39, at the late-night party.

Earlier this month it was revealed that Kylie would be entering the alcoholic drinks market with Sprinter.

Kylie’s older sister Kendall, 28, already has a tequila line called 818 that debuted in 2021 and is doing well; a special was even made for the brand in the shape of an 8.

Sprinter is a 100-calorie canned vodka soda made with premium vodka, sparkling water and fruit juice.

It is available in four flavors: Black Cherry, Peach, Grapefruit and Lime.

The alcoholic soft drinks are expected to hit stores on March 21. Sprinter is sold in an 8-can pack for $19.99. It is 4.5% alcohol.

The brunette bombshell recently released a statement expressing herself via USA today why she chose to embark on her latest entrepreneurial project.

“Sprinter is my answer to growing consumer demand for quality canned cocktails,” she said.

Kylie went on to explain how she wanted to appeal to younger consumers with her new product line.

“Not only does Sprinter have unique, bold branding that captures the feeling of having fun with your friends, it’s also the best tasting vodka soda I’ve ever tried – and I’ve tried a lot,” she said.

Kylie’s party turned out to be a star-studded affair, with the likes of Sofia Vergara and Matt Bellamy in attendance to celebrate.

Vergara, 51, was joined by her hunky new boyfriend Justin Saliman.

She and the orthopedic surgeon started dating Magic Mike hunk Joe Manganiello, 47, months after her divorce.

The Modern Family star oozed elegance in a blue satin one-shoulder jumpsuit, silver chrome heels and a black jacket.

Matt Bellamy held his wife Elle Evan’s hand as they hung out outside Kylie’s late-night Sprinter party.

The Muse frontman, 45, wore a stylish all-black outfit on the night.

Elle, a model and actress, is currently expecting her second child with Matt.

By Jade Watkins for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 7:06 PM EDT, March 20, 2024 | Updated: 7:13 PM EDT, March 20, 2024

He is a little-known actor, with few major roles to his name.

And as for the media profile, it’s virtually non-existent, and he even deleted his Instagram account.

Yet he has been named one of the world’s most eligible bachelors by society bible Tatler, and will one day inherit the entire 13,500-acre Althorp estate, where Diana, Princess of Wales, grew up.

When his father – Diana’s brother Charles – dies, Louis Spencer will assume his title and become the 10th Earl Spencer.

Added to this is the stunning Grade II listed Georgian house and land estimated to be worth more than £100 million.

With its 90 rooms, extensive collection of valuable art and furniture – and 28 listed buildings and structures within the grounds – Althorp, in Northamptonshire, has been the family seat of the Spencer family for more than 500 years.

Today Louis, who lives in London, turns 30. Although he has three older sisters, male primogeniture means he will be the sole heir to this fortune.

Louis, who already holds the title of Viscount Althorp, is the youngest child and only son his father had with his first wife, Victoria Aitken (née Lockwood).

Born on March 14, 1994 at St Mary’s Hospital, London, he was raised by his mother in South Africa after his parents’ divorce. While living in Cape Town, he studied at the city’s most expensive private school, Diocesan College, where fees amount to the equivalent of £13,955 per year.

He later returned to Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh.

Like his cousins ​​Princes William and Harry, Louis went on to study acting at the ArtsEd drama school in Chiswick, London. He performs under the stage name Louis John Lyons and signs with the talent agency Tavistock Wood, whose stars include Dominic West and Lily James.

Unlike his older sisters, Lady Kitty, 33 – who has also modeled for Dolce & Gabbana – and twins Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza, 31, who were Tatler cover stars, Louis avoids social media and high-profile events.

Tatler described the strawberry blonde heir as “tall, warm-hearted and very handsome, but ‘super private’.”

And the Daily Telegraph last year went so far as to call Louis the ‘reluctant poster boy of male primogeniture’.

Earl Spencer, 59, has spoken out to say he will stick to tradition and choose Louis as his heir.

In 2015 he said: ‘If I were to choose Kitty it would be against the tradition that is part of Althorp. It’s just the way it is. I understand the problems with it as a concept.

“I also understand the strengths of the fact that it has worked so far. It is still intact. If you walk around the Loire castles or whatever, they’re empty.

‘Everything is distributed equally throughout the generations and you get a beautiful building with one beautiful tapestry in it. The whole point of the birthright was to keep it together.”

Louis has a close bond with his sisters.

He walked his eldest sister Kitty down the aisle at her Italian wedding, in place of their father, who was controversially not present.

As children they had a privileged but private upbringing in Cape Town, where Earl Spencer and Victoria moved in 1995 to raise their children away from the public eye.

The couple divorced in December 1997, months after Diana’s death, and Charles moved back to Britain shortly afterwards.

Aside from a handful of photo calls with his father, Louis was largely kept out of the spotlight.

His first high-profile appearance was at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in April 2011, although the 17-year-old was outshined by his glamorous blonde older sisters.

Four years later, Louis unexpectedly appeared on rapper Nicki Minaj’s Instagram feed.

He was seen with his arm around the American star, with the singer cheekily captioning it ‘check out our wedding photo’.

Louis first came into the spotlight at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018, when he accompanied his mother and sisters.

Dapper in a morning suit, Louis became one of the unlikely stars of the day, receiving dozens of playful marriage proposals from smitten social media users.

His appearance and strong family resemblance also earned him the nickname ‘Harry Lite’.

His family ties and appearance will undoubtedly come in handy when Louis decides to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.

In 2019, his father Charles Spencer revealed: ‘Louis lives in London. He is an actor at drama school and works very hard and I want him to be able to realize his dreams in that direction. It’s full speed: he works fourteen-hour days.’

However, it remains to be seen how he can balance a burgeoning career with the extensive responsibility of managing Althorp when the day comes.

Lady Eliza Spencer has revealed the gender of her older sister’s baby – after Princess Diana’s niece surprised fans with the happy news that she was now a parent.

Kitty, 33, the eldest daughter of Earl Charles Spencer, celebrated her first Mother’s Day on Instagram yesterday.

The model – married to 65-year-old multi-millionaire Michael Lewis – shared a series of photos of her child with her 717,000 followers.

The new mom didn’t reveal her child’s name or gender, but said in the caption that she loved them “unconditionally.”

She wrote: “Being your mommy, little one, is the joy of my life. I love you unconditionally.

‘Happy Mother’s Day to those celebrating today.’

The post has racked up almost 19,000 likes in the last 24 hours and Kitty’s younger sister Lady Eliza has left a sweet tribute to her new family member.

Revealing the baby’s gender, she wrote: “My perfect little niece.”

She rounded off the comment, which was ‘liked’ by 159 fans, with some heart emojis.

Eliza’s twin sister Lady Amelia added: “The most perfect angel in the world.”

Her brother, Samuel Aitken, added a heart emoji, while society friend Emma Weymouth added a series of heart-eye emojis.

Kitty is a cousin to Princes William and Harry, meaning the new baby will be second cousins ​​to Princes George, Louis, Archie and Princesses Charlotte and Lilibet.

Once a fixture of London’s society scene, Kitty has had a break from the public eye in recent months. She was last photographed on a girls’ night out in London in October.

The 33-year-old, who works as a model for Dolce & Gabanna, married South African multi-millionaire Michael Lewis, 65, three years ago.

Lady Kitty, then 30, married multi-millionaire Michael Lewis on July 24, 2021 at Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati, a beautiful country house with views towards Rome.

After postponing their wedding for two years due to the pandemic, the celebrations stretched over three days and were attended by close friends including pop star Pixie Lott and the Marchioness of Bath.

But while there was intrigue about the age difference between Diana’s niece and her 62-year-old groom, the question was even more pressing: where was her father, Diana’s brother Charles.

Earl, 59, was nowhere to be seen amid speculation that his relationship with his daughter had gone downhill in the wake of his third marriage.

At the time, an insider told MailOnline that it was unlikely that the Count’s health was responsible for his absence.

Rather, it was likely the result of changing family dynamics.

“The four children are all close to their mother Victoria and get along well with their step-siblings and their Spencer aunts and have built their own relationships with each other without Charles having to tie them down,” the insider said.

A source had previously told MailOnline how Earl Spencer and his eldest daughter have grown apart over time, saying: ‘Kitty and Charles were very close when she was growing up, but their relationship has cooled and become more distant since his marriage to his third wife Karen in 2011.

“Charles recently suffered an injury and that may be the reason he’s not going on the trip, but it’s just easier for everyone that he’s not there.”

The count was battling a painful shoulder injury which he revealed affected his freedom of movement.

The designers said they only had four fittings to get it right.

So Kitty was not given away by her father, but by her brother Louis, Viscount Althorp, 29, and half-brother Samuel Aitken, 20, whose father is South African businessman Jonathan Aitken.

Her twin sisters Lady Amelia, 31, and Lady Eliza Spencer, 31, were also there to watch Kitty and Michael exchange vows between the floral arches.

The bride, a Global Brand Ambassador for Dolce & Gabbana, wore five of the designer’s dresses this weekend.

For her main dress, the Victorian-inspired high-neck white lace dress featured feminine puffed sleeves and a cinched waist. The design was inspired by her mother Victoria Lockwood’s wedding dress, with a button closure at the front.

Designer and co-founder of the fashion house Domenico Dolce later said of Kitty’s wedding wardrobe: “She told us that she had immediately thought of us, and we were very happy about that!”

“They were beautiful and emotional moments,” Dolce said. ‘One of the sources of inspiration is certainly her love for Italy. Kitty is in love with our beautiful country and its rich history, art and culture.’

Stefano Gabbana said: “But she is also a girl very attached to her origins, to England; to its heritage from the great Victorian era. And like all English people, she has a great passion for all kinds of flowers.’

The famous Spencer Tiara, worn by Princess Diana, was missing from the ceremony. Instead, Kitty opted for an elegant veil, intricate headpieces and flower crowns that each complemented the respective dresses.

The couple exchanged vows among the floral arches. The music was provided by a pianist and a singer to the right of the couple.

Mr Lewis wore a yarmulke, and it is believed Lady Kitty received instruction in the Jewish faith prior to the ceremony.

The smiling newlyweds walked back down the aisle hand in hand as guests threw pastel-colored confetti into the air.

The festivities continued into the evening with dancing and a live band and the evening ended with a spectacular fireworks display.

The model caught the business mogul’s attention when they met through mutual friends in 2018 and married three years later in the lavish Italian wedding ceremony.

But before she met her prince charming, Lady Kitty made a name for herself in the fashion world as a spokesperson for Dolce & Gabbana, which provided five dresses for her wedding and walked in several Fashion Weeks around the world.

Meanwhile, Michael also knows a thing or two about fashion, as chairman of the Foschini Group, owner of the British retail chains Whistles and Phase Eight.

The magnate is believed to be worth £80 million, with a £19 million estate in London and another home in his native South Africa, where his wife grew up after Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer and his first wife, Victoria Lockwood , were divorced.

THE mother of five sisters left just £50 of their grandfather’s £500,000 fortune because they “didn’t visit enough”, reportedly saying her late husband was “fuming”.

Frederick Ward Snr died in 2020 aged 91 and bequeathed the lion’s share of his £500,000 estate to two of his children, Terry Ward and Susan Wiltshire.

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The five adult children of Frederick’s late son Fred Jr. However, each received only £50 in envelopes, leading to a family feud.

The former soldier told his legal representatives he was upset at not being visited by his Fred’s children while he was in hospital three times with a lung condition.

After learning they had been virtually disinherited, the five sisters Carol Gowing, Angela St Marseille, Amanda Higginbotham, Christine Ward and Janet Pett took the case to the High Court, but lost.

According to a source, Ann Ward, Fred Jr.’s widow, said she has “no doubt” her late husband would be outraged by the symbolic gesture.

“Ann is very clear. If her late husband were alive, he would have been absolutely furious that his daughters had been disinherited in this way,” the source said. told MailOnline.

‘He would be turning in his grave. She has no doubts about that.

“It’s not about the money. She believes her girls fought for what their father would have wanted and what their grandfather had originally promised.

“There are many serious questions to be asked about the judge’s ruling. Ann believes that some important evidence has not been fully taken into account.”

The source added that the sisters could not “afford” to appeal the judge’s ruling because they “have to pay all the legal costs of both parties.”

The five claimed that they should get a third of their grandfather’s money from their late father.

We inherited my boyfriend’s mother’s house, but it turned into a total nightmare when we discovered what was inside

They argued that their Uncle Terry and Aunt Susan had “undue influence” their grandfather to change his will to give them the five sisters’ share of his estate.

However, their case was dismissed by High Court Judge Master James Brightwell.

He said it was “completely rational” for the “disappointed” grandfather to leave his grandchildren because of their “very limited contact” with him in his final years.

He said that “the evidence does not come close to convincing me” that Terry had “coerced” his father or that Susan had “controlled” him in such a way as to cast doubt on his will.

What is the inheritance tax threshold and how does it work?

Here you can read everything you need to know about inheritance tax, including the threshold limit.

Inheritance tax is a tax on the estate (the property, money and assets) of a person who has died.

You will normally not have to pay inheritance tax if the value of your estate is less than the £325,000 threshold.

You can also avoid the tax if you leave everything above the threshold to your spouse, registered partner, a charity or a local amateur sports club.

If the value of your estate is less than the £325,000 limit, you will still need to report this to HMRC.

This is called the “principal residence bond.”

If you are married or have a registered partnership and your estate is worth less than the upper limit, any unused threshold can be added to that of your partner upon your death.

If you give your house away to your children (including adopted, foster or stepchildren) or grandchildren when you die, the inheritance tax threshold could rise to £500,000.

This means their threshold could be as much as £1 million.

The standard rate of inheritance tax is 40 percent, but it is only levied on the portion of your estate that is above the threshold.

Fred Snr was an “independent and strong” ex-cable joiner and regular social club user who lived in South Ealing, London.

He had three children, Fred Jr., Terry and Susan, and had previously made a will dividing his estate, including his £450,000 maisonette, between all three.

But Fred Jr. – father of five sisters – died before his father in 2015, after which the family fell out and Fred Snr didn’t see much of Fred Jr.’s side.

And when his will was read out by Terry after his death, a bitter shouting match broke out – which was recorded and played in court – as it was revealed that the five sisters had been virtually eliminated.

Out of a fortune worth around £500,000, they were given envelopes by Terry containing just £50 in cash.

They then sued, claiming that their grandfather’s last will and testament for 2018 was invalid because it was made when he was “a sick man” and was “afraid” of Terry, who “forced” him to make it.

They also pointed the finger at Susan, Fred Snr’s daughter and carer in the final years of his life, accusing her of exerting ‘undue influence’ over their grandfather.

Their lawyer told the judge that Terry had developed a particular “hatred” for his niece Carol Gowing after a family had a falling out over a property.

They said there was a “palpable…dislike between the two sides of the family.”

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ALTHOUGH she caused her sister to divorce her husband, one woman said she doesn’t think all the blame falls on her.

While she may have slept with her sister’s husband, she says her sister was also partly to blame.

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The Anonymous Redditor u/Estimate-type shared the story in a message.

The 29-year-old explained that she found herself in a ‘complicated’ and ‘difficult’ situation with her older sister after she was caught sleeping with her brother-in-law.

“I truly believe that I am not solely responsible for the consequences and that I need an impartial judgment on whether I am the asshole in this scenario,” she wrote.

She explained that before she did the deed, she had noticed “questionable behavior” from her brother-in-law.

“Concerned about my sister’s well-being, I decided to raise the issue with her. However, she ignored my concerns, leaving me unsure of how to proceed,” she said.

Her sister, a flight attendant, had asked her to keep her recently laid-off husband company while she was away for work.

“She trusted me and did not believe the warnings I previously gave her about his behavior towards me, but I saw this as an opportunity to support their marriage and help them rebuild their bond,” she said.

“Unfortunately, as we spent more time together, our bond deepened and we ultimately crossed a line that should never have been crossed.”

After a few drinks, her brother-in-law confided in her about his marital problems.

“One thing led to another and we did the unthinkable. I woke up realizing the nature of what I was doing and immediately realized the nature of what had happened,” she said.

“We were both so drunk that we just fell asleep. I woke up to my sister screaming and hitting us both, screaming, ‘How could you do this to me? We’re sisters, I trusted you?'”

Since the incident, her sister has refused to talk to her and her parents have sided with her sister.

Although she feels “a sense of guilt and remorse” and although her parents believe she has “violated every family moral,” she believes there are two sides to every story.

“There are multiple factors at play here, and I am not the only one responsible for the failure of their marriage,” she said.

“While I acknowledge my mistake, I also wonder why my sister has not addressed the issues in her relationship and why she left her husband in my care without setting clear boundaries.”

People in the comments felt that her argument still needed some work.

“If it failed, it was your job to help your sister through this and get her to counseling or divorce,” one commenter said.

“Instead, you led your way into his pants. I think the more about the story, and the more about the story is that you had feelings for the BIL for a while and this ‘drunk’ behavior caused you acted on it.”

“YTA. You slept with your sister’s husband and somehow you want to blame HER for it. Worse, you want Reddit to confirm your insane logic,” said another.

“YTA. Regardless of the issues, you betrayed your sister by deciding to sleep with her ex-husband. What literally forced you to do this and why did you think it was a good idea?” a third party agreed.

After some thought, the Redditor explained that she was “genuinely sorry” for her behavior and that there was “no excuse” for what she did.

“Last night, after reading the comments, I gathered the courage to reach out and apologize to my sister,” she said.

“Unfortunately, despite my sincere efforts, she has not only refused to speak to me, but has also blocked me from all forms of communication.”

Since the incident, she has discovered that her ex-brother-in-law has refused to answer her calls and told her mother that she was the one who initiated sex and forced herself on him after getting him drunk.

Calling his lies “further from the truth,” she was in shock and began undergoing therapy to determine the cause of her behavior.

‘I can’t believe he went through me under the bus after being there for him for so long. I guess I really looked like a fool, huh?’ she said.

“While I hope that one day my sister will be willing to reopen the lines of communication, I also recognize the possibility that she may never want to talk to me again.

“Regardless, I will continue to grow, learn and reflect on my actions, knowing that healing and reconciliation are processes that cannot be rushed or forced.”

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THE estranged brother of a £61million EuroMillions winner has insisted he doesn’t want a penny of his sister’s fortune – even claiming she turned him away at his local Asda.

Debbie Nuttall’s once close brother Glen says the two have not spoken since a bitter feud broke out more than 20 years ago.

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Glen, who caught wind of his sister’s life-changing victory while reading the newspaper, added that he has tried in vain to resolve their feud.

“My son messaged me and said, ‘Dad, I know you don’t want to know, but look at this’ and he sent me a clipping from the newspaper,” Glen told the Mirror.

“I didn’t know anything about it. I said, ‘Is it a joke?'”

The siblings have been embroiled in the dispute since they were both in their early 30s.

Glen also claimed that Debbie turned the other way as he and his son walked past her in the supermarket.

He claimed: “She hasn’t really spoken to me since. I may have said the strangest word to her, but I saw her in Asda and she shut me up.

“She walked right past my son and never said a word.”

Glen is currently living in temporary accommodation with his autistic son while on benefits, he claimed.

But he doesn’t expect a cent from his older sister’s huge windfall.

Furious, he said, “Hang up a begging bowl? Absolutely not.”

The father confessed that the couple had a close bond during their childhood.

Glen recalled fond memories of growing up together, including sharing the same bedroom.

He also explained that she cared for him when he faced mental health issues in his late teens.

Despite the division in the family, the little brother says he holds no ill will over his sister’s staggering wealth.

He said: “I have no animosity towards her. I wasn’t jealous or anything like that. I may seem bitter, but I’m really not.”

Debbie’s husband Richard previously revealed that they initially thought they had won £2.60, but then received another email asking the couple to check their account.

The couple were enjoying a holiday in Fuerteventura, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, when they discovered the big win.

The pair claimed they planned to donate a large portion of their profits to charity.

They are ambassadors for BK’S HEROES, founded in memory of Debbie’s cousin Ben King after he died aged 27 from a rare condition, tubular interstitial nephritis and uveitis.

Debbie’s dad John said: “She has a brother but she doesn’t see him.”

Debbie and Richard declined to comment to The Mirror.

It comes as the Debbie’s former husband Paul Ridge, 76, was forced to watch from the sidelines as his ex-wife Debbie Nuttall, 54, claimed the latest EuroMillions jackpot.

Orphaned twins who had not seen each other since they were nine have been reunited at the age of 90 thanks to DNA.

Maurilia Chavez and Andrea Lopez were torn apart around 1937 when their parents died and they and their eight siblings were divided among the extended family.

Inexplicably, despite being twins, the pair were not sent to the same home and grew up hundreds of miles apart, not knowing whether the other was alive or dead.

They saw each other only once more, four years later, when they were together again for one day at a family gathering. Then nothing.

For decades they lived their own lives, married, had children and retired to different states – but the pain never left them.

Lopez, who lived in Las Vegas, took a genetic test around Thanksgiving last year and was overwhelmed when she learned her sister was alive and living in Denver.

They soon caught up on an hours-long phone conversation, and Lopez booked a flight last December for a heartwarming reunion with Chavez.

Family captured the moment the long-lost twins hugged each other for the first time since they were little girls, crying tears of joy.

“My little sister, I really wanted to see you, have you with me, my beautiful sister,” Lopez said in Spanish as they held each other.

It is unclear exactly how they found each other, but thousands of Americans did have in recent years uploaded their DNA to public databases such as 23andme, allowing them to track down unknown relatives.

Chavez and Lopez argued over who was older, with Lopez insisting she was born six minutes before her twin brother.

“When I see my sister, it makes me so happy that all I do is cry, hug her and squish her,” Lopez said. News 9 months after their reunion.

“It was like seeing her for the first time in my life, because 81 years is too long… I still remember a little bit, just a little bit, me too.”

Lopez described the moment they first heard each other's voices after eight decades, changed by time and life.

“You said to me, 'Are you really Andrea?' Don't you recognize my voice? And she says, 'A little bit' and I say, 'Well, I recognize your voice very well and I know you, my sister,'” she said.

The sisters wanted to spend as much time together as possible, so they slept in Chavez's bed the night after Lopez arrived.

But Chavez only had a single bed, so Lopez passed out in the middle of the night — much to her sister's amusement.

“I'm the happiest person in the world because I never thought I'd see her again, and the other reason I'm crying like a baby: I was lonely. I have a beautiful family, but what I really needed was my sister,” Chavez said. .

Three of their siblings are still alive, all in their 80s and 90s, and the meeting between Lopez and Chavez has spawned other meetings between them and their extended families.

One brother drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to visit Lopez, and Lopez went to Texas to visit their 95-year-old older brother.

When it was confirmed to Princess Margaret that her older sister would one day become queen, her reaction was one of compassion, bordering on contempt.

'Poor you!' she famously replied to ten-year-old Elizabeth.

For much of her life, Margaret did her best to live in striking and sometimes alarming contrast to the example of the dutiful firstborn.

As Craig Brown puts it in his biography Ma'am Darling, 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, it was as if the cigarette-smoking, scandal-stricken younger sister was determined to be some kind of anti-queen.

Still, the sisters were close and spoke to each other every day if possible, until Margaret passed away on February 9, 2002 at the age of 71.

While Elizabeth busied herself with endless tasks, including evening red boxes of papers, Margaret – four years younger – had become one of the most glamorous figures in post-war Britain.

She was a patron of the arts, especially ballet, and was also known for her late nights, singing, dancing and a romantic life that included much heartache.

Her love for – and secret involvement with – the war hero Group Captain Peter Townsend was thwarted by convention. Townsend, considerably older, was also married.

The princess's marriage to photographer Tony Armstrong-Jones, another totem of '60s glamour, ended in acrimony and the first royal divorce since Henry VIII.

Although she didn't quite match their mother's impressive 101 years, Elizabeth lived a long and healthy life well into her 90s, passing away in September 2022 at the age of 96.

But Margaret's health deteriorated as time passed, with the removal of part of her left lung in 1985, a stroke in 1988 and the burning of her feet in a bathroom accident that left her in a wheelchair.

Margaret's last public appearance was at the 100th birthday of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in December 2001.

The princess died on February 9 after a stroke that led to heart problems overnight.

Her children, David and Sarah – a favorite of their Aunt Elizabeth – stood by her bedside.

The Queen issued a public statement, saying: 'It is with great sadness that the Queen has requested that the following announcement be made immediately.

“Her beloved sister, Princess Margaret, passed away peacefully in her sleep at King Edward VII Hospital at 6.30am this morning.

'Princess Margaret suffered another stroke yesterday afternoon.

'She developed heart problems during the night and was taken from Kensington Palace to King Edward VII Hospital at 1.30am. Lord Linley and Lady Sarah were with her, and the Queen was kept fully informed all night.

“Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and other members of the Royal Family are being informed.”

Charles, Prince of Wales, paid tribute to his 'dear aunt' in a moving television broadcast the day after the announcement.

He said at the time: 'My dear aunt has had such a terrible time over the past few years with her terrible illness.

'It was difficult for her to deal with it, especially because she was such a wonderfully vibrant woman with such a free spirit. She lived life and loved it to the fullest and that is why we will always remember her.”

Private memorial services were held at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham and Glamis Castle, the ancestral home of the Queen Mother, who would die with her youngest daughter the following month.

Margaret's coffin, shrouded in Margaret's personal standard, was taken from Kensington Palace to St James's Palace before her funeral.

A service was held at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for family and friends on 15 February 2002, which happened to be the 50th anniversary of the funeral of her father, King George VI.

The service was kept very private and attended only by around 450 family and friends, including 30 members of the Royal Family such as the Queen, Margaret's ex-husband Lord Snowdon and her two children.

Most of her family chose to be buried, but Princess Margaret was cremated at Slough Crematorium.

This is said to have been motivated by her desire to be reunited with her 'daddy'.

A traditional burial would have meant burial in the Royal Cemetery at Frogmore in Windsor (where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert lie) as there was no space available in St George's Crypt.

Today, her ashes lie in the royal vault of St. George's Chapel, next to the graves of her mother and father.

A state memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey in April 2002.

By Ashleigh Gray for Dailymail.Com

Published: 8:39 PM EST, February 6, 2024 | Updated: 8:39 PM EST, February 6, 2024