Peter Townsend

1914–1995 (age 81)

Biography

Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953. Townsend had a romance with Princess Margaret, Elizabeth's younger sister.

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