3/30/2023 0 Comments Peter townsend the who![]() In this case, which follows in the next generation of the Edward & Mrs. The greatest love stories usually involve the death of one of the lovers. What I thought really demonstrated what a class act Townsend was is the fact that while aiming some low grade vitriol at the members of the Royal household (his former colleagues) who did nothing to help him and then Princess navigate out of their hellhole, he has only the kindest words for Margaret and makes only the most passing reference to the irony that by the time he was writing this book (1978), she had divorced her husband (Peter’s divorce being the thing that stood in the way of their marriage in the eyes of the government and the establishment). The only thing in this whole story that made me a bit nauseous is the man’s clear preference for women young enough to be his children (his eventual second wife was the 17 year old daughter of a friend). Somewhat less successful was Peter not batting off Princess Margaret with a stick (as he should have done) when she started to fall for him. Peter had a stammer and this endeared him to the king. A 6 month assignment turned into 9 years and a particularly intimate - and successful - relationship with the Royal family. He was the first RAF officer to be “seconded” to Buckingham Palace to represent the service as an Equerry to King George VI (the present queen’s father). He tells of his upbringing and his training to be a pilot and his success as a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain with the same natural tone as the next phase of his life. This book, written In 1978 (more than 20 years after the denouement of the affair) is truly a memoir. Peter Townsend wrote several books after his romance with Princess Margaret ended. He also wrote many short articles and contributed to other books. His books include "Earth My Friend" (about driving/boating around the world alone in the mid 1950s), "Duel of Eagles," (about the Battle of Britain), "The Odds Against Us" (also known as "Duel in the Dark") (about fighting Luftwaffe night bombers in 1940-1941), "The Last Emperor" (A biography of King George VI), The Girl in the White Ship (about a young refugee from Vietnam in the late 1970s who was the sole survivor of her ship of refugees), The Postman of Nagasaki (about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki), and Time and Chance, (an autobiography). Peter Townsend spent much of his later years writing non-fiction books. Despite his distinguished career, as a divorced man there was no chance of marriage with the princess and their relationship caused enormous controversy in the mid 1950s. Townsend is best known for his ill-fated romance with Princess Margaret. Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF was Equerry to King George VI 1944–1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II 1952–1953. ![]() There is more than one author with this name
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