Summary
Princess Margaret was promised she would be allowed to keep her royal title and Civil List allowance even if she had married her great love, Group Captain Peter Townsend, according to official files made public yesterday.
Papers released to the National Archives show Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden was even prepared to scrap the eighteenth century law requiring members of the Royal Family to seek the consent of the monarch to marry.See the full content of this document
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Margaret Romance Myth Is Shattered
In the event, Margaret, under intense public pressure and facing fierce opposition from the Church of England, announced on October 31, 1955 that she would not wed the divorced Townsend.
However the documen...See the full content of this document
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