Princess Margaret's romantic life certainly wasn't an easy one. Although she fell hopelessly in love with her father's equerry Peter Townsend, she was refused the right to marry him by her sister, Queen Elizabeth II, due to religious stipulations around marrying someone who has been divorced. Despite trying to find some way around the upset, Margaret eventually broke off the engagement, and the pair went their separate ways. A short time later, the princess found love again with photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. She followed in her sister, Queen Elizabeth II's footsteps by choosing to marry her groom at the Abbey in 1960.
The engagement was somewhat of a surprise to many, as Margaret had chosen to keep the relationship quite secret, perhaps concerned about attracting too much attention after a previous failed romance. Anne de Courcy, author of "Snowdon: the Biography," told Town & Country: "Nobody knew about their relationship, there wasn't a whisper about it. She would see him in secret at his studio and yes, he would join her at parties, but no one could pinpoint which man she was interested in."
Margaret took the classic Glass Coach from Clarence House to Westminster Abbey, taking Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, along for the ride. Touchingly, it was Philip who gave Margaret away in place of her deceased father, King George VI. While the day was fit for a princess, the marriage officially came to an end in 1978.
