Why Princess Margaret Never Forgave The Queen

Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II grew up inseparable, yet the fallout from Margaret's doomed romance with Group Captain Peter Townsend in 1955 left a wound historians still debate today. Was Margaret's sister truly to blame, or is the real story far more complicated? This documentary traces the sisters' close wartime childhood, Margaret's love for the divorced RAF officer Peter Townsend, and the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 that required the Queen's consent to marry. You'll learn why the Church of England would not recognise the marriage, how Townsend was quietly posted to Brussels, and why Margaret's famous 1955 renunciation statement said she decided 'entirely alone.' It also looks at the 2004 National Archives papers suggesting a civil marriage may have been possible, and at biographer Sarah Bradford's account of the real rift, between Margaret and the Queen Mother, not the Queen herself. Subscribe for more true stories. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:04 Two Sisters, One Crown 8:16 The Townsend Affair 24:18 Divorce, Illness, and Loss #PrincessMargaret #QueenElizabethII #PeterTownsend #BritishRoyalFamily