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LONDON, Feb 9 (AFP) - Britain's Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died early Saturday after suffering a stroke, Buckingham Palace announced in an official statement.

Aged 71 and after years of deteriorating health, she died peacefully in her sleep after developing heart problems overnight. The Palace said her children, Lord David Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, had been at her bedside.

"The Queen, with great sadness, has asked for the following announcement to be made immediately... her beloved sister, Princess Margaret, died peacefully in her sleep this morning at 6:30am (GMT) in the King Edward VII Hospital," it said.

The princess suffered a stroke on Friday, developed cardiac problems during the night and was rushed from her Kensington Palace residence to the exclusive King Edward VII Hospital in central London at 2:30am.

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