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Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953.
- 1930–1955
- Royal Air Force
Jun 21, 1995 · Group Capt. Peter Townsend, the divorced war hero forced 40 years ago by the royal family and the British Government to end his love affair with Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II,...
Sep 20, 2022 · Following Townsend's proposal to Margaret, the air force officer was sent abroad to Brussels as an air attaché, where he would remain for two years, per the BBC.
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Nov 3, 2022 · Princess Margaret was a teenager when she first met Peter Townsend. According to multiple reports, Peter had been interviewed by Margaret's father, George VI, for a position as his equerry, when ...
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- Princess Margaret was A Teenager When She First Met Peter Townsend.According to multiple reports, Peter had been interviewed by Margaret's father, George VI, for a position as his equerry, when he first met the 14-...
- Peter was 16-Years Older Than Margaret, but The Age Gap Wasn't What Kept Them Apart.Long before they fell in love, Peter had served in the Indian Civil Service; when he returned to Britain, he married Miss Cecil Rosemary Pawle afte...
- It was Margaret's Sense of Humor, and Her Natural Beauty, That Caught Peter's eye."She was a girl of unusual, intense beauty, confined as it was in her short, slender figure and centered about large purple-blue eyes, generous, se...
- Margaret and Peter's Relationship was Hidden by The Palace, Although A Subtle Gesture Gave Their Secret away.In its obituary for the princess, The Guardian highlights the moment when the public picked up on her relationship with Peter. On the Queen's Coron...
- The Couple's Desire to Marry Sparked A Battle Between The Government and The Public, and The Queen was Caught in The middle.As Margaret was under the age of 25, the Queen had to consent to her sister's marriage to a divorced man, but her role as Head of the Church of Eng...
- The Princess Eventually Put Duty Before herself.After two years apart, the couple were reunited in 1955, and although Margaret had now turned 25, they were still denied the right to marry. The go...
- Margaret was Said to Be Heartbroken, but She Moved on.Three years later, in May 1960, Margaret married a magazine photographer, Antony Armstrong-Jones, later known as Lord Snowden, at Westminster Abbey...
Nov 17, 2022 · November 1952: Townsend divorces his wife. Following 11 years of marriage and two young boys, Townsend officially divorces his wife, Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden, in order to commit to Margaret.
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Nov 9, 2022 · In reality, Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a Royal Air Force officer, and was a courtier to Princess Margaret's father, King George VI, until the King's death in 1952. They...
Jun 21, 1995 · Group Captain Peter Townsend, the dashing Battle of Britain pilot who won the heart of Princess Margaret but lost her in a “duty before love” controversy in the 1950s, has died in France at age...
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