David Linley, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, has plenty to celebrate as he turns 64 today. The only son of Princess Margaret , he has been forging a new path in both his career and his personal life, not only working side-by-side with his cousin, King Charles, but also enjoying a blossoming romance with internationally acclaimed art expert Isabelle de la Bruyere. But how has the man once known as Viscount Linely, who became the first royal to take on a vocation when he opened his bespoke furniture company, brought about this new chapter?

Indeed, it was through this work that the Earl of Snowdon met his previous wife, The Honourable Serena Stanhope. When Serena’s father, then Viscount Petersham, commissioned David Linley to make a walnut dining table for his Chelsea home, the pair fell in love

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