Princess Margaret: Her Real Life Story
Royalty • 54m
She was born in 1930 with intelligence, wealth, position and good looks. Prevented from marrying her first love Peter Townsend and forced to live in the shadow of her sister, Queen Elizabeth, Margaret was described as a "Princess without a vocation". This biography explores the reality behind the life of the least understood 20th-century royal. From British Pathé TV's Royalty Collection.
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