Margaret Countess of Snowdon

Princess Margaret still found Peter Townsend “charming” after 30 years

After her divorce from Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in 1978, Princess Margaret met her former love, Peter Townsend, for lunch 30 years after their romance ended. Princess Margaret told her close friend Lady Glenconner what she thought of Peter after the lunch. “Peter Townsend came to lunch with her and I said: “What was [read more]

Book Reviews

Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens by Alison Weir Book Review

The lives of England’s medieval queens were packed with incident—love, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfare—but their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightful place in history. Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 [read more]