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The younger son married Yolande, Princess of Ligne, daughter of Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne and Alix, Princess of Ligne (née Princess Alix of Luxembourg as daughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg). Townsend and Pawle divorced in 1952. After the divorce, Townsend and Princess Margaret decided to marry.
Barrymaine agreed that Margaret intended the statement to mean that she would never marry, but wrote that Townsend likely did not accept any such vow to him by the princess, and his subsequent departure from Britain for two years was to not interfere with her life. [71] "We both had a feeling of unimaginable relief.
Peter Townsend and Princess Margaret's love affair captured the world's attention, but they never married. Here's what to know about their romance and reunion in 1992.
A married Townsend meets then-teenager Margaret for the first time while accompanying the royal family on a three-month tour to South Africa. His duty was to protect the princess throughout the ...
Townsend and the princess met again in 1993, which is thought to be the last time they saw each other. Margaret died in February 2002 at the age of 71, seven years after Peter died aged 80. ( Lord ...
Margaret was a guest at his wedding in 1965, [49] and they remained lifelong friends. A few months after Wallace had died, Margaret took part in an interview with Nigel Dempster, which disclosed their engagement. [26] A friend was quoted as saying: “Billy was endlessly ambitious"... ""He must have asked Princess Margaret 1,000 times to marry ...
In The Crown’s first season, Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) is given an impossible choice: Marry Townsend and renounce her royal position, including her title and allowance; or don’t marry ...
When Princess Margaret wanted in 1952 to marry Peter Townsend, a commoner who had been divorced, the Church did not directly intervene but the government warned she had to renounce her claim to the throne and could not be married in church. Historian Ann Holmes says, "The image that endured was that of a beautiful young princess kept from the ...