"I'd rather give up the throne than marry love" is the truest portrayal of Margaret's youth.
Some people say that Margaret is the brightest rose in the British royal family, and some people say that Margaret is the biggest "stain" of the British royal family.
Princess Margaret, who was so polarized in later commentaries, was nothing more than a little girl who was blinded by love.
In the early 1950s, the love affair between the princess and the divorced bodyguard caused an uproar in Britain, which was the beginning of all Margaret's misfortunes.
Controversial British princess: Margaret
Queen Elizabeth's popularity among the populace is very high, but how many of her sister Margaret remember?
Margaret was the second in her family, and because she was born into the royal family, she received the most rigorous mode of education from an early age, and her achievements were excellent, especially in dance, piano and vocal music.
After the Duke of York succeeded to the throne, the six-year-old Margaret became the second heir to the throne after her sister, and Margaret's life changed dramatically from this point on.
From the moment of his accession to the throne, George VI knew that his beautiful, well-behaved little daughter would not have an easy life in the future, because the second-ranked woman would never have the throne if she did not have an accident, and was destined to become a marginal figure in the royal family.
So her father put all his favor on Margaret, so much so that when people talked about Margaret's "maverick" later, George VI could not escape the responsibility.
The princess and the bodyguard fall in love
Margaret met her first love, Peter Townsend, at the age of 14.
Peter Townsend was born in 1914 to the father of an Army lieutenant colonel in The United Kingdom, while he himself became a pilot and made great contributions to the United Kingdom in World War II, receiving many medals.
In 1944, the year before the end of World War II, Peter Townsend became an attendant to the British royal family, and it was in this year that he met Princess Margaret, who was 16 years younger than him.
In the late 1940s, when the British monarch was on a trip to another country, Peter Townsend was responsible for protecting the safety of the two princesses as part of his retinue.
At that time, Princess Elizabeth already had a heart, that is, the future Prince Philip, and the gentle and handsome, personable Peter Townsend attracted Princess Margaret, who was only 17 years old at the time, so the two quickly fell in love.
Princess Margaret's secret love affair with Peter Townsend lasted until the Queen's coronation, in 1953, and was never discovered.
On the day of the Queen's official succession, some media inadvertently filmed Margaret's intimate behavior with the guards, and since then the love between the princess and the guards has spread.
Unblessed love
After the affair was made public, Peter Townsend wanted to marry the princess, but was opposed by everyone.
The parliament at that time had a very strong control over the marriage of royal children, and no royal child could marry a divorced person, but Peter Townsend had no hesitation.
Peter Townsend's first wife was the daughter of a Brigadier General of England: Rosemary.
Rosemary married Peter Townsend in 1941 and had two sons.
When Peter Townsend and Princess Margaret got closer and closer, Rosemary, in order to maintain the reputation of Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend, voluntarily admitted to cheating and divorced Peter Townsend, so peter asked to marry Princess Margaret, "righteous words" showed that her association with the princess was after the divorce.
In fact, Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family have made many efforts for the happiness of Princess Margaret, in order to let her sister marry the person she loves, Queen Elizabeth and the government have reached conditions: Margaret can marry Peter and can retain the title of "princess" and royal allowances, but permanently lose the right to inherit the throne.
Margaret overcame the government but lost to the church.
Princess Margaret was a Christian, and the Archbishop of Christ at the time said that if Princess Margaret chose to marry, she would be banished from the Church forever.
Margaret was overwhelmed by the pressures of society, and eventually she gave up on Peter.
The princess and her first love eventually parted ways
Three years after Princess Margaret separated from Peter Townsend, she received a letter from Townsend stating that she was engaged to marry a Belgian girl.
The next day, Princess Margaret accepted a marriage proposal from photographer Anthony. The photographer did not belong to the upper class, and the two had a sweet time after marriage, but in the end the two were separated and divorced.
The year after Margaret's marriage, Peter Townsend married the 20-year-old Marie Luce Jamagne in Belgium, and their relationship officially came to an end.
But the careful people also found that the 20-year-old heiress was exactly the same as Princess Margaret.
The princess and the bodyguard's love affair cannot make countless people sigh, but it is not only Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend who are hurt in this love.
In order to maintain the love between the two, Rosemary took the initiative to quit in this marriage, and when people were attracted by the love of the princess and the guard, who could think of what kind of harm Rosemary suffered?
Later, Rosemary's two sons held their mother's grievances many times, and even so Rosemary never stood up and said a word, and she remained silent. Perhaps, this is the sadness of civilians.