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...some, she epitomized the poor little rich girl. The younger sister of the Queen seemed to have everything: wealth, beauty, wit, freedom from too onerous a royal workload, the zest to pursue a glamorous, sometimes controversial lifestyle in the most rarefied echelons of society. Yet the lasting memory of Princess Margaret will probably be that of a sad figure who was unlucky in love and who never really found a fulfilling role in life or a lasting marital relationship...
...Princess' death came as something of a shock - in fact, it was her 101-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, whose ill health had been the focus of public concern for months. Yet Margaret too had been unwell. When last seen in public, just before Christmas, she was confined to a wheelchair, her face disfiguringly puffy - apparently from medication - and shrouded by enormous dark glasses. With both her left side and her eyesight seriously affected by strokes, Margaret was a frail, spectral figure - in poignant contrast to the vibrant young woman who once rewrote the book on proper...
...fell in love with Group Captain Peter Townsend, a much - decorated pilot in the Battle of Britain. He was 16 years her senior and - worse yet in the staid 1950s - divorced, and thus unacceptable to the political Establishment and the Church of England. Sad at her sister's unhappiness, Queen Elizabeth asked Margaret to wait a couple of years. She did, and could have married Townsend at the age of 25 without the Queen's permission, but she would have had to give up her royal privileges and position in doing so. Whether the thought of becoming plain Mrs. Townsend...
Song: “Under Pressure,” Queen...
...Queen Elizabeth celebrates 50 years on the job with a four-day holiday (1-4) of pomp and knees...