Date released: 29 March 2005
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These are two documents from 1955 about the possible marriage of Princess
Margaret to Group Captain Peter Townsend. As the original documents are
from 1955, the scanned versions are not completely legible and we have provided
a retyped version of the original text.
Letter from Attorney General
This is a letter from the Attorney General commenting on a draft memorandum
to the Cabinet from the Lord Chancellor in 1955.
Original
document [PDF 748 kb]
Original document in three parts to download more quickly.
Part
one [PDF 175 kb]
Part
two [PDF 344 kb]
Part
three [PDF 234 kb]
Retyped of version of original text [PDF 70 kb]
Draft memorandum
After the letter from the Attorney General, this further draft memorandum
was produced which set out the issues raised by the possible marriage of
Princess Margaret to Group Captain Peter Townsend.
Original document [PDF 1.09 Mb]
Original document in three parts to download more quickly.
Part
one [PDF 566 kb]
Part
two [PDF 437 kb]
Part
three [PDF 127 kb]
Retyped of version of original text [PDF 71 kb]