Until then, Group Captain Peter Townsend and the Princess had been forced to hide their feelings. With the world watching, at the Coronation of Margaret's sister, the couple seemed so much in love.

In April 1953, a decorated former RAF officer named Peter Townsend caused a stir by proposing to Princess Margaret, who was 15 years his junior. Townsend was also a commoner and a divorcé—both ...

Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting has ... Lady Anne Glenconner, 92, one of Queen Elizabeth II's maids of honour at the 1953 ...

Season three of Netflix’s The Crown is coming this week, and with it Helena Bonham Carter’s performance as the sister who always lived in the Queen’s shadow. To celebrate the return of the ...

Princess Margaret, the Countess of Snowdon, was a member of the English royal family. She was the daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ... to Captain Peter Townsend 65 Years Ago Today ...

The exhibition will include images of the late Queen Elizabeth II and pictures of Princess Margaret ... photography from the 1920s until the coronation of the King in 2023 - with more than ...