Peter Townsend Princess Margaret Marriage

Divorcees suffered severe disapproval in the social atmosphere of the time and could not re marry in the church of england if their former spouse was still alive.

Peter townsend princess margaret marriage. Princess margarets 1960 nuptials to photographer antony armstrong jones was every bit the fairytale wedding. Crowds cheered and some even fainted as the handsome photographer said i do to the. 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. He had met her in his role as an equerry to her father king george vi.

Following the end of their engagement in 1955 peter went on to marry marie luce jamagne in 1959 and in may 1960 margaret married the society photographer antony armstrong jones. While townsend was officially divorced when he started seeing princess margaret his first marriage created a major problem for the royal family. He then held the same position. Margaret who fell for townsend as a teenager when he was already married with children married photographer anthony armstrong jones in 1960 but they divorced in 1978.

But it was several months later when the young photographer was commissioned to. The two filed for divorce in the winter of 1952. But prior to her marriage princess margaret had. 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.

Denied the chance to marry her first true love peter townsend she entered into a. Margaret and antony met at a dinner party in 1958 after her famous relationship with captain peter townsend ended.