Princess Margaret Chat

[LouisFerdinand]

If Princess Margaret had married Peter, would Peter have enjoyed the royal duties and royal tours and royal events to attend?

[Curryong]

He may have as the years went on. However there was a great deal of hypocrisy among the elite about divorce in the 1950s (for instance Anthony Eden who was in Cabinet at the time that the Townsend crisis blew up, was divorced and there were several other members of Parliament with bad marriages who would have liked to have been, but no voices were raised for a Margaret-Townsend union. The tut-tuts drowned everything out.)

The couple may not have been happy together, who knows, however the RF and elite did become more tolerant as the years progressed and if Margaret had been allowed to marry no doubt her husband would have joined her on some royal engagements in the fullness of time. In the 1950s however, they would have been expected to lead a strictly private life first.  I don?t know about royal tours though. Divorces were still a rather contentious subject in some parts of the Commonwealth like the West Indies until well into the 1960s, so they would have to choose carefully.

[Amabel2]

I thought that the compromise arranged was that Margo would step out of the succession but she would still be  a Princess and still able to do royal duties.. I expect that they might have taken a year or so of retirement into private life but the point was to give her a away of marrying Peter T wihtout losing her royal role.

[Curryong]

In the meantime though, the old Archbishop of Canterbury and other authority figures were nattering away in her ear about marrying a divorcee. It?s hard to remember those very censorious days when divorced folk weren?t even given a ticket to walk the sacred turf of the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. I know it was Margaret?s own choice to leave this relationship and her various reasons for doing so but I can?t help thinking that a great deal of pressure was put on her in those years.

[Amabel2]

But she WAS given a way to marry Peter without giving up her royal status.  They could have siad that no, if she wanted to marry him, she could but she'd have to give up her role as a royal.. but the RF and queen did work to try and effect a compromise.  She would have had to give up her place in the succession but after all, with the queen having children, Margaret was not likely ever to be queen nor were any children she might  have.   It was a half way house but that's what  a compromise is..... 

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret attended a Girl Guide Rally in 1947.   
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attend Girl Guide Rally 1947 (1947) - YouTube

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret Rose during the celebration for Jamaican independence   
Candid of Princess Margaret during celebration for Jamaican... News Photo - Getty Images   

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[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret attended the world premiere of Horatio Hornblower.   
Princess Margaret At World Premiere - Long Version (1951) - YouTube

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret's birth in 1930 in Scotland set a royal record. For over three centuries, no British royal's birth took place in Scotland.

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret at Warwick House at Spring Fashions show on March 12, 1951     
Royal Sisters Vol 3 | Princess margaret, Royal princess, Royal

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret only had two names: Margaret Rose. However, her older sister had three names: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Do you think Margaret ever wondered why she did not have three names like Elizabeth?

[Amabel2]

Princess Margaret only had two names: Margaret Rose. However, her older sister had three names: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Do you think Margaret ever wondered why she did not have three names like Elizabeth?

probably

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret arrived at the Embassy of Japan in London for an official dinner hosted by Emperor Hirohito of Japan in October 1971.   
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon arrives at the Embassy of... News Photo - Getty Images

[LouisFerdinand]

Were any gentlemen of the English aristocracy considered as a possible husband for Princess Margaret?

[Curryong]

Were any gentlemen of the English aristocracy considered as a possible husband for Princess Margaret?

Below see three of the hopefuls, albeit ones that she used as escorts in the early to mid-1950s though she was still in love with Peter Townsend. Billy Wallace, who was a typical ?chinless wonder? aristocrat, was considered a front runner for Margaret in pages of magazines like ?London Illustrated? and ?Country Life?. Also columnists in the daily newspapers would burble about Wallace and Tennant as future marriage prospects. IMO Tennant, being more unconventional in personality, may have had more of a chance with Margaret but instead he became a lifelong friend.

Princess and Escorts at Premiere The three young blue bloods who most frequently escort Princess Margaret

The amusing story of the non-engagement of Margaret to Billy Wallace.

Who Was Billy Wallace in The Crown? - Facts About Princess Margaret's Fianc?

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visited Mount Vernon on November 16, 1965     
Princess Margaret (in the centre) and Lord Snowdon (on the right) visit Mount Vernon and visit the grave of John F. Kennedy. USA. November 16, 1965

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret with her nanny in an open carriage driving through Regents Park in 1932
  Mary Evans Princess Margaret as a baby, 1932 13334251

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret with King Baudouin of Belgium on June 10, 1974   
Mary Evans Princess Margaret & King Baudouin 12036410

[Curryong]

Princess Margaret with King Baudouin of Belgium on June 10, 1974   
Mary Evans Princess Margaret & King Baudouin 12036410

Wasn?t Prss Margaret and Tony Armstrong Jones (newly-weds then) sent by the Queen to be a guest (and the BRF ?s representative) at Baudouin?s wedding to Fabiola in 1960? It was apparently considered by European royals to be the most frightful insult, especially as Margaret?s husband was untitled at this time. The BRF have never been very close to the Belgian monarchy but this did cause a bit of a surprise.

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret was the first senior member of the royal family to be born in Scotland since King Charles I in 1600.

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret attended the premiere of For Your Eyes Only in London on June 24, 1981.
    British Royal Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon , Lady Diana... News Photo - Getty Images

[Curryong]

I?ve just been reading about Dusty Springfield, who was a major British singer in her day, and much admired by fellow performers and musicians. Anyway, this is what Wiki had to say about Dusty and that roaring snob with no sense of humour, Princess Margaret, when she returned to Britain from the US in 1979..

?Springfield did play two live dates at London's Drury Lane Theatre, and one charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of Princess Margaret, which all sold-out and were major successes. However, during the Albert Hall concert Springfield made the off-the-cuff remark "I am glad to see that the royalty isn't confined to the box", a tongue-in-cheek reference to her large homosexual following and the drag queens in the audience. The Princess took this as a personal insult, and later sent the singer a typewritten apology to the Queen which Springfield was made to sign and return.?

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret visited the International Horse show in Olympia.   
Mary Evans Elizabeth, Duchess of York, Princess Margaret .. 13335931

[Curryong]

After childhood Prss Margaret seemed to stay away from the gee-gees as much as possible. I certainly can?t remember her cantering around on horseback much with Tony Armstrong-Jones. Unlike her sister and niece I don?t think Margaret was ever that enthusiastic about horses. In that she resembled her mother, whom I can?t remember seeing riding a horse even as a young woman.

[LouisFerdinand]

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon holding their daughter Lady Sarah     
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon,... News Photo - Getty Images