Princess Margaret And Peter Townsend 1993
But prior to her marriage princess margaret had.
Princess margaret and peter townsend 1993. But unbeknownst to margaret one of the worst periods of her life was. He was equerry to king george vi from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for queen elizabeth ii from 1952 to 1953. In 1993 nearly 40 years since they had last seen each other townsend arrived at kensington palace to have lunch with margaret. Princess margaret gave up love for the crown on this day 65 years ago.
Afterwards her longtime friend and lady in waiting lady anne. Townsend and the princess met again in 1993 which is thought to be the last time they. The romance began in 1947 during the royal tour of south africa when. A new theory about princess margaret and peter townsends relationship has emerged.
Princess margaret who died at the age of 71 was the sister of queen elizabeth ii and was once engaged to peter townsend. Queen elizabeths sister announced on october 31 1955 that her engagement to captain peter townsend was no more. A prime example of this is the burgeoning relationship between the queens younger sister princess margaret portrayed by vanessa kirby and peter townsend ben miles. Townsend notably had a romance with princess margaret the queens only sibling.
The queens sister princess margaret only married once during her lifetime to antony armstrong jones and their marriage later ended in divorce. 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. By kenzie bryan t. Peter moved to france and married a young belgian woman who was said to have a strong resemblance to margaret.