I have to say, though, that having met Peter Townsend, I would be surprised if he was sleeping with the Princess when she was so young.' Margaret later told a confidante: 'We rode together every ...

I have reached this decision entirely alone,' were the words Princess Margaret used to begin the statement telling how she had to choose her royal duty over marrying Peter Townsend. The princess ...

Princess Margaret (left) and Peter Townsend (second right), seen here with Princess Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth at Ascot 1951, had known each other since she was a teenager Medals belonging to ...

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. Not only was marrying a divorcee Not A Thing for royals – the Royal Marriages Act 1772 required the monarch’s permission to do it – but Princess Margaret had ...