Princess Margaret Captain Townsend

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Princess margaret captain townsend. 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. He then held the same position. In a statement read on bbc radio margaret said. According to multiple reports peter had been interviewed by margarets father george vi for a position as his equerry when he.

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. I have been aware that subject. Townsend notably had a romance with princess margaret the queens only sibling. Queen elizabeth s sister announced on october 31 1955 that her engagement to captain peter townsend was no more.

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. 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 was equerry to king george vi from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for queen elizabeth ii from 1952 to 1953. Princess margaret 64 who is believed to have always considered group captain townsend the great love of her life was said by a spokesman at buckingham palace to be sad at the news of his.