Princess Margaret wore on the largest and most ostentatious royal wedding tiara of British history on the day. However, she bought it herself.
Did Peter Townsend marry Princess Margaret?
Despite their love affair, which was dramatised in The Crown, Peter and Margaret never married.
Sadly their romance came with too many difficulties to over come.
These problematic circumstances included Peter’s previous marriage to Rosemary Pawle, ending in divorce.
Despite the public’s support for the pair, Margaret finally issued a statement that she no longer wished to marry Peter.
Peter did not end his life alone, however, and in 1959 – when he was 44 – he married a 20-year-old Belgian woman.
When did Princess Margaret die and how old was she?
Princess Margaret died on 9 February 2002 at the age of 71.
She was given a state funeral at Westminster Abbey on 19 April 2002.
The princess had been very ill before her death. She had various operations to remove cancerous tumours, including having a lung removed.
Her heavy smoking habit is largely blamed for this illness. However, despite being ill, suffering multiple strokes, she lived to a good age.