Princess Margaret

17 years after King Edward VIII of England abdicated so he could marry an American divorcee named Wallis Simpson, another member of the House of Windsor faced a similar dilemma. The royal was Princess Margaret, the younger and only sister to Queen Elizabeth 11 and her
forbidden betrothed was Group Captain Peter Townsend who had 2 children from a previous marriage. Before this encounter, Princess Margaret was born in Glamis Castle, Scotland on 21 August 1930 to Albert (later King George VI) and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Margaret's birth provoked the creation of horoscopes which was the product of Sunday Express editor John Gordon, Cheiro (celebrity astrologer) and John's assistant R.H. Taylor who started off with predictions for the 12 sun signs. Margaret continued her schooling during the war due to her age while her sister took part in active home duty. Margaret was skilled in singing and playing the piano and was allowed to stay up at the age of 13. When she met Peter Townsend, her father was ill and they got engaged the same year her sister was crowned. Forbidden from having both her title and her love, Princess Margaret broke up the engagement but she fell in love with a photographer, Anthony Alexander-Jones who she married and had two children with. The marriage saw the creation of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon titles. She loved ballet and was a patron of the arts which was evident during a visit to the Sidney Opera House in Australia. However, Princess Margaret and Anthony grew apart and eventually, Margaret became the very person she was forbidden from marrying, a divorcee. Margaret was the first royal divorcee in 400 years (Henry VIII being the previous royal to do so).
Princess Margaret had a variety of health issues as she got older and after a serious of strokes, she died on 9th February 2002, just 2 days before the launch of the young children's programming channel CBeebies. Having found the traditional burial method too gloomy, Princess Margaret was cremated and her cremated remains were placed beside her father's coffin in St George Memorial Chapel in Windsor Castle. Her 101-year-old mother was a
wheelchair user by this time, something she was ashamed of and was brought to the ceremony in a car with the side windows blacked out to avoid being seen. 2 months later, her mother was also laid to rest in the same chapel.