Roddy Llewellyn Roddy Llewellyn Sir Roderic Victor "Roddy" Llewellyn, 5th Baronet (born 9 October 1947) is a British baronet with a lengthy career as a landscape gardener, gardening journalist, author, and television presenter. He is also known for his eight-year relationship with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Llewellyn was born in Crickhowell, Brecknockshire, the younger son of Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Bt. (d. 1999), an Olympic gold medallist in show jumping, and his wife, the Hon. Christine Saumarez (d. 1998). He succeeded his elder brother, Dai, to the Llewellyn baronetcy in January 2009. He was
HMS Princess Margaret of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla, eight destroyers in total, was tasked with laying a minefield on the Amrum Bank. At about 8:45 pm five patrolling German destroyers encountered the British force near the Horns Reefs light vessel. The German destroyer fired two torpedoes, one of which stuck the British destroyer . "Princess Margaret" turned away to avoid the attack, with the rest of the British destroyers (most of which had not spotted the German ships and thought that "Mentor" had struck a mine) following. The German force also turned away, and "Mentor", which had her bow blown off, was left