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Cecil Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden (née Pawle; 9 May 1921 – 27 February 2004) was a British socialite and artist, best known as the first wife of Group Captain Peter Townsend, who later became romantically involved with Princess Margaret.
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.
August 1930 – February 2002) and Captain Peter Wooldridge Peter Townsend (November 1914 ... Townsend divorces his wife. Following 11 years of marriage and two young boys, Townsend officially ...
Most famously, she fell in love in the early 1950s with Peter Townsend, a married RAF officer in the royal household. In 1952, her father died, her sister became queen, and Townsend divorced his wife. He proposed to Margaret early in the following year.
A decorated pilot in the Royal Air force, Group Capt. Peter Townsend was appointed to the royal household in 1944 by King George VI after serving in World War II. ... Townsend and his wife ...
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 ...
The princess spent a lot of time with Royal Air Force Officer Captain Peter Townsend, and the two eventually fell in love. The catch? ... The scandal broke in 1953 when Peter divorced his wife and ...
In that year, Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen, announced that she had decided not to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcé. [82] Although recently available evidence suggests that the Eden government was prepared to be reasonably accommodating towards such a marriage and that Margaret would have needed only to renounce her right ...