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 ...

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, Countess of Snowdon, was known for her acerbic wit and reported romances. She was often praised for her intelligence but her cutting remarks gained more attention ...

With Princess Margaret's death, only this secretive woman knows the full story of the love, the despair and the bitterness that tore apart her marriage to Group Captain Peter Townsend, and which ...

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 ...

Princess Elizabeth ... the matter of her marriage to Townsend. Margaret, on her part, had a tendency to skip key events thrown by her sister, like the 10th wedding anniversary for the Queen ...

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 ...