Word: townsends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Family. The penny press dogged the Princess' footsteps, struggling to make significant gossip of every transient expression. But in the three weeks since Margaret and Peter Townsend had each returned to England, the titillating "will-she-or-won't-she" speculation of the keyhole-peepers had become only a tinkling obbligato behind the 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...
...time by Four-Minute Miler Roger Bannister, are all factors which in the last few years have combined to bolster that waning confidence. Princess Margaret will start no revolution whatever she may do, but things are now so far advanced that if, in the end, she gives up Townsend, the outcome will be highly unpopular with many Britons, an unpopularity essentially derived not from the feeling that stuffiness has conquered love, but from the conviction that her choice was not a free...
...them, by allowing its final moments to be played out in the heat of controversy and the glare of publicity, the royal family and the Eden government have put themselves in a position where they cannot win. If, at the last minute, they persuade Margaret to send Townsend away, they will be undemocratic bullies in the eyes of many. If they give even reluctant consent, they will offend many others...
...July 1941, a veteran of hundreds of air battles and two bailouts (one of which cost him the great toe on his left foot), Peter Townsend was married to the vivacious, hazel-eyed daughter of Brigadier Timothy Pawle, the "squire" of Didford village. The elaborate white wedding was held in a 13th century church in Much Hadham, and a guard of honor formed by the men of his squadron was on hand to line the way as Townsend came out with his bride. "I hope this doesn't mean," smiled the bridegroom, eying the turnout, "that the planes...
...years later, King George was looking for special equerries to help him keep in closer touch with the armed services. In an earlier day. the post might have gone to some eligible lordling, but Britain's social-minded King wanted to reward merit rather than mere birth, and Townsend's name was sent him. Wearing his best uniform, the young airman went to see the King. King George liked him from the first, and after 30 minutes of chat, he was taken on. As the King and the airman left the royal study in Buckingham Palace, they...