and there is constant speculation who is the princess' favorite suitor. >> peter townsend was a war hero reputation was a wonderful one. >> margaret desperately wants to marry townsend, but the problem is that she is 22 and any member of the royal family under the age of 25 needs to have the consent of the ruling monarch. the decision is not in margaret's hands. it's in the hands of her sister, the queen. >> the queen is in a terrible bind really over this. because she loves her sister. she would like her to be happy, but the queen's instincts were not to do anything that would undermine the monarchy. the royal family traditionally was supposed to be an image of ourselves behaving well, and if the royal family started to behave badly, then it could cut at the root of the people's loyalty to the crown. >> so once that image of perfect family life becomes tarnished, can we justify all that taxpayers money? >> margaret's fate lies in her sister's hands. the queen decided to asay i'm not saying no, that you can't marry him, but i'd like you to wait. >> on the advice of her courtiers, the que

. >> prince's margaret to mary peter townsend was controversial because he was divorced and the churcha remarriage to those people. it was a huge issue. >> as a royal in the line of succession under the age of 25. princess margaret needed her sister's permission to marry. without the queens permission parliament could approve the marriage but divorce was still taboo in the prime minister winston churchill made it clear his cabinets were unlikely to approve the match. >> it was pretty firm prime minister of advice that this would be a difficult thing for a member of the royal family to marry a divorcee. >> the queen was also personally opposed to divorce. especially after the chaos of her uncles decision to advocate the throne to marry a divorcee. >> members of the royal family grew up with the specter in their lives that they must never ever allowed to happen again. >> the queen was torn. >> she loved her younger sister and wanted her to be happy. >> townsend was sent away to the british embassy in brussels on an assignment for two years when he returned princess margaret was faced wit

when he returned, princess margaret was faced with a choice. >> captain peter townsend prurns from diplomatall on princess margaret. >> the only way margaret could marry him was for her to renounce her title and everything that went with it. at the end of the day, she felt that she couldn't do that. and so they broke up. to her everlasting disappointment and sadness. >> i think the queen struggled, but with princess margaret, she put duty over family. >>, unfortunately, for the queen, that wouldn't be the last time a royal marriage would rock the very foundations of the monarchy. >> here comes the coach. the center of attention. >> when the queen's son, prince charles, married lady diana spencer in 1981, the queen was thrilled. with diana by his side, the royal couple looked like a fairy tale come to life. but out of the glare of the public eye it was a very different story. from the start the relationship was rocky. >> the queen was not aware of the extent of charles and diana's problems for quite a long time. they didn't confide in his parents. they could see diana particularly in the fir

when he returned, princess margaret was faced with a choice. >> captain peter townsend from diplomaticly way margaret could marry him was for her to renounce her title and everything that went with it. at the end of the day, she felt that she couldn't do that. and so they broke up, to her everlasting disappointment and sadness. >> i think the queen struggled, but with princess margaret, she put duty over family. >> unfortunately, for the queen, that wouldn't be the last time a royal marriage would rock the very foundations of the monarchy. >> here comes the coach. which is the center of attention. >> when the queen's son, prince charles, married lady diana spencer in 1981, the queen was thrilled. with diana by his side, the royal couple looked like a fairy tale come to life. but out of the glare of the public eye it was a very different story. from the start the relationship was rocky. >> the queen was not aware of the extent of charles and diana's problems for quite a long time. he didn't confide in his parents. they could see diana particularly in the first few years manifesting some

she also refused her younger sister princess margaret to marry the british air force officer peter a townsender because he was divorced and had children margaret married the photographer anthony armstrong the couple divorced 18 years ago in 2005 the queen and the church approved the marriage of prince charles to the twice divorced and camilla parker bowles and the youngest grandson harry married the actress megan fox in 1992 the queen for the first time in history, they agreed to pay their taxes at the expense of their own incomes and also to reduce the number of members of their family who will be supported at the expense of the state payment fund for the protection of the princess diana bowed her head before her, this is a violation of protocol, says the bbc correspondent dewidmbleby. after the divorce, diana was no longer a member of the royal family. her attitude to ukraine and majesty - it was a whole era, this is really it. it was the london bridge. it was the bridge that connected us with the 20th century. everything she did not only for her country, for the commonwealth and for the worl

her sister princess margaret had fallen in love with a divorced man, peter townsend. o marry. but with the church of england and the cabinet opposed, she had to ask margaret to wait. eventually, the romance petered out. it has been nearly five months since the queen has been with her children. although she has kept close contact with them throughout her tour by radio—telephone. becoming monarch meant more overseas travel, and the separations from her children grew longer. but again, in private, the home movies showed they could be just like any other family. no formality, no public display. motherhood could take priority. and efforts were made to shield the royal children from too much publicity. this was her christmas broadcast in 1958. some of you have written to say that you would like to see our children on television this afternoon. we value your interest in them, and i can assure you that we have thought about this a great deal before deciding against it. we would like our son and daughter to grow up as normally as possible, so that they will be able to serve you