Monday, February 9 marks the 24th anniversary of Princess Margaret's death, and although the stories of her vivacious (and sometimes controversial) personality live on, the bulk of her incredible jewelry collection no longer belongs to her family. Margaret's two children, Sarah Chatto and David Linley, auctioned off many of their mother's belongings after her 2002 death. Although their primary reason for selling was to pay off a £3 million inheritance tax bill, it's a decision that is said to have caused their late dad a considerable amount of pain.
Antony Armstrong-Jones and Princess Margaret divorced in 1978, but his kids' decision to sell off their mother's wedding tiara and other sentimental objects was "heartbreaking" for the famed photographer, according to a 2023 documentary, Secrets of the The Royals.
