The Crown: Princess Margaret’s Real-Life Reunion With Peter Townsend and Fading Glamour

Princess Margaret’s tragic romance with Peter Townsend may have been one of The Crown’s best early story lines—two young lovers prevented from living happily ever after because Townsend’s status as a divorcé clashed with the queen’s enforcement of the Church of England’s rules. Oh, how times have changed. In season five’s “Annus Horribilis,” which is devoted to that famously bad year of 1992 for British royals, Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) finds herself white-knuckling through three of her four children’s separations or divorces, each accompanied by its own tabloid scandal. Margaret, meanwhile, now played by the Oscar nominee Lesley Manville, hears… Read Full Article