Did Princess Margaret Ever Marry Peter Townsend
Played by british actress vanessa kirby margaret was caught in a clash of loyalty forced to choose between royal duty and the man she wants to marry divorced royal equerry peter townsend.
Did princess margaret ever marry peter townsend. Peter townsend married rosemary pawle in 1941 and the couple divorced in 1952. It was widely argued that she held a striking. This was when he obtained the position of equerry to her father. She was engaged to peter townsend but they did not marry lady glencoccer a close friend of the late princess margaret recounted what she said after her reunion was peter.
But prior to her marriage princess margaret had. Tony died in 2017 preceded in death by princess margaret who passed away in 2002 and who never remarried after her divorce from tony. Princess margaret the queens sister once revealed the true reason she decided not to marry captain peter townsend claimed her authorised biographer christopher warwick. The queens sister princess margaret only married once during her lifetime to antony armstrong jones and their marriage later ended in divorce.
She did however reportedly meet up with peter townsend for. The two filed for divorce in the winter of 1952. Later on in 1959 he married belgian woman marie luce jamagne. On october 31 1955 princess margaret revealed in her own words why she had decided not to marry peter townsend.
Princess margaret and peter townsend met when she was just a teenager. While townsend was officially divorced when he started seeing princess margaret his first marriage created a major problem for the royal family. In the crown viewers watched as princess margaret fought for the right to marry group captain peter townsend. He was married twice her age and a father of two to boot.