The earl's full name is David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, formerly styled Viscount Linley — but his friends get to call him David Linley. At least, that is how he is known professionally. Linley started kindergarten at Buckingham Palace alongside his cousin Prince Andrew, according to a Vanity Fair profile, before being sent to Bedales School — England's boho version of Eton. So, what does the son of a British princess and a bohemian artist grow up to become? In Linley's case, a furniture maker.
"I inherited my love of design from my father, the Earl of Snowdon, who was always fascinated by pushing the boundaries of an object—working out how to make it touch the ground in two places rather than three," he told The Telegraph.
He made his first pieces of furniture while still at Bedales, and started his own furniture-making business when he was just 21 years old in 1982. His company, now called Linley, has catered to the likes of Elton John and the Metropolitan Museum of Art — just don't call him a designer. "I'm a maker, not a designer," he told Vanity Fair. He has also written books about furniture and home design.
Linley was last in the news when he announced his amicable divorce from wife of 26 years, Serena, in 2020, with whom he shares two children.
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