Once considered the most unhappy royal, Queen Elizabeth's
younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose, was unable to escape
controversy. She was born on August 21, 1930. Artistic and fond
of nightlife, Princess Margaret fell in love with a divorced
man, Group Captain Peter Townsend, in the 1950s. She abandoned
plans to marry him when she was told that she would be unable to
marry a divorced man and remain in line to the throne. Instead,
in 1960, Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones, a
professional photographer. He received the titles Earl of
Snowdon and Viscount Linley. The couple had two children, David,
Viscount Linley, and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. In 1953,
Margaret directed a West End play, The Frog, which proved a
disaster and an embarrassment to Buckingham Palace. Margaret
continued to associate with actors and literary types, going to
nightclubs and staying up late. She spent much time at her
retreat on the Caribbean island of Mustique. Princess Margaret's
stormy marriage was the subject of mu