Princess Margaret Part 1

Documentary on Princess Margaret featuring interviews with Royal biographers Penelope Mortimer, Ben Pimlott, and Noel Botham, plus Margaret's cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson, Peter Sellers' son Michael, and acquaintances and friends of Margaret, Peter Townsend, Lord Snowdon, and Roddy Llewellyn from the UK and Mustique. Llewellyn is seen singing on Petula Clark's French TV show. They recall the parties, the loves, the endless round of country house visits, the relationship with Townsend, and her tempestuous marriage.

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[324wilson]

When was this documentary made? 

[AngelEyesz89]

@324wilson I'm not sure when it was made but it aired in 1997 if thats any help.

[histrav]

...talk about the pot calling the kettle black, what with her rebuke to Fergie

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Margaret died at King Edward VII Hospital, London on 9 February 2002. After a private funeral, her body was cremated. Two months later, after the death of her mother, Margaret's ashes were interred beside the bodies of her parents in the George VI Memorial Chapel at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Margaret was often viewed as a controversial member of the Royal Family. Her divorce earned her negative publicity, and she was romantically linked with several men. Her health gradually deteriorated in the final two decades of her life; a heavy smoker all her adult life, she had a lung operation in 1985, a bout of pneumonia in 1993, and at least three strokes between 1998 and 2001.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Under pressure, Margaret chose to abandon her plans, and instead accepted the proposal of the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon by Elizabeth II. The marriage, despite an auspicious start, soon became unhappy; the couple divorced in 1978.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

After the war, she fell in love with a divorced older man, Group Captain Peter Townsend, her father's equerry. Her father died at around the same time, and her sister became Queen. Many in the government felt that Townsend was an unsuitable husband for the Queen's sister, and the Church of England refused to countenance the marriage.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

During World War II, the two sisters stayed at Windsor Castle, despite government pressure to evacuate to Canada. During the war years, Margaret was not expected to perform any public or official duties, and instead continued her education.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Margaret spent much of her childhood years in the company of her older sister and parents. Her life changed dramatically in 1936, when her paternal uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated to marry the divorced American Wallis Simpson. Margaret's father became King in Edward's place, and her older sister became heiress presumptive with Margaret second in line to the throne.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI.

[SableWWFOriginalDiva]

I am guessing Margaret was a depressed woman, somewhat? It seems that way.

[enya930]

Was Margaret the mistress of the Duke of Edingburgh?