Her tender touch betrayed their secret, as Margaret attentively brushed fluff from the dashing officer's jacket. Until then, Group Captain Peter Townsend and the Princess had been forced to hide ...

In April 1953, a decorated former RAF officer named Peter Townsend caused a stir by proposing to Princess Margaret, who was 15 years his junior. Townsend was also a commoner and a divorcé—both ...

A new documentary says Tony Armstrong-Jones had a charm which appealed to the royal rebel Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at PEOPLE ...

So now, one old lady of 80, and her memories, remains the last piece of a fascinating puzzle. With Princess Margaret's death, only this secretive woman knows the full story of the love, the ...

Princess Margaret, the Countess of Snowdon, was a member of the English royal family. She was the daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.

(CNN) --Britain's Queen Elizabeth has declared a period of royal mourning for Princess Margaret, her younger sister, who died at age 71. Princess Margaret died "peacefully in her sleep" at 6:30 a ...

The royal family had done everything they could. The slight, handsome suitor had been sent off to another country. The pretty Princess had been admonishedon the responsibilities of her position ...

Season three of Netflix’s The Crown is coming this week, and with it Helena Bonham Carter’s performance as the sister who always lived in the Queen’s shadow. To celebrate the return of the ...