16+ Princess Margaret Peter Townsend Coronation Gif. Princess margaret and peter townsend, a former battle of britain pilot, fell in love when he was an equerry first to george vi and then to elizabeth ii. Townsend was despatched to be an air attache in brussels, living on his own in a hotel room.
Princess margaret, shortly before announcing that she would not marry peter townsend.
He was married, twice her age, and a father of two to boot. The two began a relationship in 1947 during a royal tour of south africa but the romance was controversial and the pairing was heavily discouraged by the government as townsend was. Princess margaret's decision not to marry group captain peter townsend, a divorcee, has always christopher warwick, a close friend of princess margaret and her official biographer, said the letter was their relationship was exposed after the queen's coronation in june 1953 when a newspaper. Peter townsend later married someone else in 1959 (image:
