Newspaper Article About Princess Margaret And Peter Townsend

Princess margaret the queens younger sister emerged from the heartbreak of the fifties when she was not able to marry the love of her life peter townsend in a spectacular royal wedding to.

Newspaper article about princess margaret and peter townsend. It was at the coronation famously princess margaret removed a piece of fluff from peter townsends uniform. 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. He then held the same position. Princess margaret scandalised the monarchy in the 1950s when she fell in love with a divorced man royal aide group captain peter townsend who was 16 years older and had two children.

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. London ap group capt. But prior to her marriage princess margaret had. Royal author ingrid seward told channel 5s documentary the royal family at war.

Buckingham palace on tuesday announced the death of townsend an equerry to margarets father king george vi and later to her sister queen elizabeth ii and said the princess was sad to learn of this news. Peter townsend the dashing world war ii fighter pilot who loved and lost princess margaret has died after more than 30 years of self imposed exile. The queens sister princess margaret only married once during her lifetime to antony armstrong jones and their marriage later ended in divorce. Ullstein bild via getty princess margaret gave up love for the crown on this day 65 years ago.