Her tender touch betrayed their secret, as Margaret attentively brushed fluff from the dashing officer's jacket. Until then, Group Captain Peter Townsend and the Princess had been forced to hide ...

Princess Margaret was well known for her party-loving reputation and independent spirit. As a young woman she developed a relationship with royal equerry Captain Peter Townsend but faced issues ...

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 ...

Group Captain Peter Townsend. An inappropriate match on several levels, it caused difficulties between the sisters, as Margaret had to seek Elizabeth’s permission to marry him, which she didn ...

Margaret had changed the conversation. But Margaret didn’t tie the knot with Peter Townsend. When she eventually did get hitched, she disregarded pressures upon her to marry into aristocracy ...