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The dashing war hero who acted like a gentleman or the 30-year-old married rogue who took advantage of a 15-year-old girl? The tragic love story of Peter Townsend and Princess ...
I have to say, though, that having met Peter Townsend, I would be surprised if ... love story was later depicted in hit Netflix show The Crown. Having returned to Belgium heartbroken after ...
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Princess Margaret's Scandalous Engagement to Peter Townsend
Townsend was also a commoner and a divorcé—both unthinkable to the Royal Family at the time. In April 1953, a decorated former RAF officer named Peter Townsend caused a stir by proposing to ...
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Medals of Princess Margaret's fiance Peter Townsend sell for £260,000
Princess Margaret (left) and Peter Townsend (second right), seen here with Princess Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth at Ascot 1951, had known each other since she was a teenager Medals belonging to ...