Group Captain Peter Townsend Princess Margaret

The news was broadcast on the radio this evening.

Group captain peter townsend princess margaret. The bbcs john snagge interrupted normal programming to read a brief statement from the princess. Princess margaret has called off her plans to marry divorced group captain peter townsend. Townsend notably had a romance with princess margaret the queens only sibling. He was equerry to king george vi from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for queen elizabeth ii from 1952 to 1953.

Naturally queen elizabeth wasnt thrilled mainly because peter was. Group captain peter wooldridge townsend was a royal air force officer and was equerry to princess margarets father king george vi until the kings death in 1952. Captain townsend was not only 16 years margarets senior but he was a divorcee with two children. Group captain peter wooldridge townsend cvo dso dfc bar 22 november 1914 19 june 1995 was a royal air force officer flying ace courtier and author.

It was widely argued that she held a striking resemblance to princess margaret who peter previously shared a romance with. Princess margarets scandalous affair with group captain peter townsend she was a 17 year old princess he was her fathers equerry 15 years her senior and what happened next nearly imploded the monarchy. He then held the same position. The queens sister princess margaret only married once during her lifetime to antony armstrong jones and their marriage later ended in divorce.

Princess margarets doomed relationship with peter townsend was a royal scandal in the 1950s. Peter townsend the divorced war hero forced 40 years ago by the royal family and the british government to end his love affair with princess margaret sister of queen elizabeth ii. But prior to her marriage princess margaret had. Group captain peter wooldridge townsend was a royal air force officer and.