1947: Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend meet for the first time Although ... And since Townsend was a divorced man (and the Church of England had strict rules about remarriage after divorce ...

The forbidden romance between Princess Margaret ... Act in light of Margaret and Townsend's potential marriage, Margaret would now be exempt from the Church of England's rules prohibiting a ...

Princess Margaret was a teenager when she first met Peter Townsend. According to multiple ... as both the Church of England and parliament suggested they were firmly against the match.

In reality, Princess Margaret and Townsend also reunited in 1992 ... only to retract her blessing on the advice of the Government and Church of England leaders. Margaret gained worldwide sympathy in ...

Eventually, Townsend got divorced and proposed to a young Princess Margaret in 1953, but, unfortunately, things were not that simple. From strict rules regarding divorce in the Church of England ...

“There were the objections of the Church of England and Parliament to a marriage between them, as (Townsend) was divorced,” Taddeo said. What happened to Peter Townsend and Princess Margare ...

During 1952, Princess Margaret and I found increasing solace in one another's company,' Townsend wrote ... monarch's status as head of the Church of England complicated things.

Viewers can also expect to learn more about the relationship between Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend, a Group Captain who died in 1995. The fourth episode of the series portrays Townsend as ...

The princess first met Peter Townsend in 1947 when she was 17 years ... divorcées weren’t allowed to remarry in the Church of England. Margaret also required her sister’s permission to ...

Townsend found himself drawn to Princess Margaret's love of life ... The monarch's status as head of the Church of England complicated things. With both the royal family and the British ...

“There were the objections of the Church of England and Parliament to a marriage between them, as (Townsend) was divorced,” Taddeo said. What happened to Peter Townsend and Princess Margaret?