Snowdon Peter Princess Margaret

According to multiple reports peter had been interviewed by margarets father george vi for a position as his equerry when he. Margaret spent much of her childhood with her parents and sister. It was against this background that at the coronation in 1953 a few eagle eyed observers spotted margaret brushing a bit of fluff affectionately from the uniform of group captain peter townsend her late fathers equerry.
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Lord snowdon in 1958 and a couple of months later sat for a portrait with him.

Snowdon peter princess margaret. Princess margaret was a teenager when she first met peter townsend. In 1969 snowdon embarked on a protracted extramarital affair with lady jacqueline rufus isaacs but he and margaret remained together until the marriage finally buckled under the strain in 1976. Princess margaret countess of snowdon ci gcvo cd margaret rose. Princess margaret met tony armstrong jones in 1960 margaret first met tony aka.

Not only was townsend 16 years older than margaret he was a divorced father of two. C keystone france princess margaret and armstrong jones in 1960 according to the telegraph three years after publicly declaring the end of her scrutinized relationship with divorce group captain. Her life changed dramatically at the age of six when her paternal uncle king edward viii abdicated to marry divorcee wallis simpson. 21 august 1930 9 february 2002 was the younger daughter of king george vi and queen elizabeth and the only sibling of queen elizabeth ii.

Princess margaret the younger daughter of king george vi and his wife queen elizabeth and the only sibling of great britains reigning queen was married for 18 years to a celebrated and charismatic british photographer. Before long the two struck up a. Princess margaret and lord snowdon illustration from the vanity fair article.