Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plainly not that simple. No act of Margaret and no act of the British Parliament could sever her entirely from the fact of her birth. Margaret of Windsor is a Princess of Great Britain, her sister is the head of the Established Church, a church which frowns on remarriage of divorced persons and denies its sacraments to those who flout that proscription...
...trapped in a family quarrel, they could not choose but hear. As the week wore on, the young Princess fulfilled her royal functions, well-armed in the impassive mask of dignity that is royalty's required uniform. In tiara and strapless pink and white gown, she helped her sister the Queen entertain the visiting President of Portugal by sitting through a performance of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, while a soprano sang to a forbidden lover, "Nothing in the world will ever part us." She snatched moments alone with Peter Townsend, whenever she could, at the homes...
...sterner voices. Whatever else the royal family may be in modern Britain-symbol of ancient legitimacy, shining emblem of Commonwealth unity, indestructible warranty of the glory that is Britain-it is first and foremost a family affair: every spinster is its maiden aunt, every shopgirl its happily envious kid sister, every vicar its parish priest, and every family man its authoritative uncle. In moments of relative calm, the country cousins can watch and enjoy the cavortings of their royal relations in London with the detachment of televiewers watch ing a soap opera, but when the affairs in Britain...
They could afford little entertaining, but when their second son was born, the King himself served as godfather and the entire royal family went to the christening. From then on, Margaret and her sister Elizabeth formed the habit of dropping in at the Townsend cottage on Sunday mornings, Elizabeth to chat with Rosemary and Margaret to play with the babies. Margaret never went alone to the Townsends, but in the family it was generally understood that she was his special charge, and Peter was frequently at the Princess' side in line of duty. Elizabeth often made their party...
...February 1952 King George died. Stricken deeply by the first real blow ever dealt in her sheltered life, Princess Margaret turned for comfort to the church and to Peter Townsend, himself a deeply religious man. Meanwhile, the circumstances that put Elizabeth into Buckingham Palace and sent her mother and sister to the comparative obscurity of Clarence House made Peter Townsend more indispensable than ever. In the midst of a domestic crisis of his own, he took complete charge of readying the new residence, managed the Queen Mother's purse strings and even supervised the mixing of the colors...