But a new documentary says Tony Armstrong-Jones, who became husband to Princess Margaret and brother-in-law to Queen Elizabeth, had a charm which appealed to the royal rebel – and she was drawn ...

Warwick says it is “utter nonsense” to propose that she married the then Tony Armstrong-Jones on the rebound from Capt. Townsend. Warwick, who wrote Princess Margaret: A Life of Contrasts ...

Princess Margaret was promised she would be allowed to keep her royal title and Civil List allowance even if she had married her great love, Group Captain Peter Townsend, according to official files.

So it wasn’t shocking that newspapers reported that Princess Margaret’s marriage would “fly in the face of royal and Christian tradition” and both church and parliament refused to approve it.