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This photograph, taken by Lord Snowdon, shows Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret , Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent holding their newborn babies in 1964. Pictured: Left, the Queen's ...
- Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend Meet For The First Time
- October 1947: Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend Travel to Belfast
- Peter Townsend Divorces His First Wife
- Peter Townsend Proposes to Princess Margaret
- 1953-1955: Peter Townsend Is Sent Abroad
- August 21, 1955: Princess Margaret Turns 25
- October 31, 1955: Princess Margaret Ends Her Engagement to Peter Townsend
- Peter Townsend Marries Marie-Luce Jamagne
- February 26, 1960: Princess Margaret Gets Engaged to Antony Armstrong-Jones
- May 6, 1960: Princess Margaret Marries Antony Armstrong-Jones
Although Townsend became an equerryfor Margaret's father, King George VI, in 1944, he reportedly didn't meet the princess until 1947 when he accompanied the royal family on a three-month tour of Southern Africa. Townsend and Margaret spent plenty of time together during the trip as his official job was to look after the princess. "We rode together ...
Later in 1947, Townsend accompanied Margaret on a trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she christened her first ship. Paperwork relating to the visit revealed that Townsend had asked for his room at Hillsborough Castle to be moved next to Margaret's room.
Townsend and his first wife, Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden, divorced in 1952 after 11 years of marriage.
Townsend proposed to Margaret in 1953. However, due to the 1772 Royal Marriages Act, Margaret needed the Queen's permission to marry Townsend since she was under the age of 25 at the time. And since Townsend was a divorced man (and the Church of England had strict rules about remarriage after divorce at the time), the Queen did not grant Margaret's...
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.
Once Princess Margaret turned 25, she no longer needed the Queen's approval to marry Townsend — only Parliament's permission. However, the British government prepared plans in the event that Margaret would decide to marry Townsend after turning 25. At the time, Margaret was third in line to the British throne behind her nephew Prince Charles and ni...
Margaret publicly announced that she would not marry Townsend in October 1955. "I have been aware that, subject to my renouncing my rights of succession, it might have been possible for me to contract a civil marriage," Margaret said in a statement to BBC Radioat the time. "But, mindful of the Church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissolub...
After his split from Margaret, Townsend moved to Belgium before settling down in France, according to The New York Times. He later wed Marie-Luce Jamagne in 1959.
Margaret would find love again in the years after her split from Townsend. She met a photographer named Antony Armstrong-Jonesin 1958 when he was hired to photograph the royal family. The pair ended up getting engaged in 1959 but kept the news quiet for a few months. In February 1960, Clarence House announced her engagement to Armstrong-Jones.
Princess Margaret married Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 1960. Armstrong-Jones was the first commoner to marry into the royal family in some 400 years.
- Effie Orfanides
Signature. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II . Margaret was born when her parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, and she spent much of her ...
- Princess Margaret of York, 21 August 1930, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
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Dec 6, 2022 · Elizabeth was born in 1926, while Margaret was born in 1930. Queen Elizabeth, age 6, and Princess Margaret, age 2, in 1932. Popperfoto/Getty Images. "Lilibet is my pride. Margaret is my joy," King ...
16 hours ago · This 1958 photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in royal regalia was captured by Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, who went on to marry the monarch's sister, Princess Margaret, in ...
Mar 11, 2021 · Mar. 11 2021, Updated 3:29 p.m. ET. On June 2, 1953, Princess Margaret inadvertently announced her romance with Peter Townsend to the world by brushing off a bit of fluff from his military uniform in the midst of Coronation Day. The 22-year-old royal is thought to have fallen in love with the RAF pilot and former equerry to King George IV ...
1 day ago · The 1964 photograph is part of a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace. ... Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra and The Duchess of Kent – holding their newborn babies.
