However, three weeks later, a statement drafted in Princess Margaret's name read: 'I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. 'I have been aware ...

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 ...

had known each other since she was a teenager Medals belonging to the former fiance of Princess Margaret, Group Captain Peter Townsend, have sold for £260,000. The 11 medals of the RAF fighter ...

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 ...

For more than two years, the press of much of the English-speaking world has spun out the tale of British Princess Margaret’s romance with R.A.F. Group Captain Peter Townsend in cotton-candy ...

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 ...

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 ...