Answer Wonderful Princess Margaret was the original COUGAR...and had the nerve to be one long before it was fashionable! She probably would have spent some time with the rock star had he invited her to do so...as, in those days, English rock stars were rich as anything and led exciting lives. The fact that Peter Townshend, the rock star, was younger...wouldn't have bothered Margaret at all.

Peter Townsend was her first love....and an attache to her family. Margaret was beautiful, bright and fun....he found her irresistable although he was married. There was no way for her to marry him and stay on good terms with her family. The Duke & Duchess of Windsor were still alive then, and, had the Royal Family allowed Margaret to marry a divorced Townsend and not be ostracized....a good case could have been made that the ex-King and his Duchess should be restored to good relations with the family.

John Bindon came much, much later....and was just a passing fancy for dear Margaret. After all, the girl was entitled to SOME entertainment!

Be glad you are not royalty...as a commoner, you can hook up with whoever you want and not have it splashed across every tabloid and TV screen in the world!

Answer No,there is no relationship between the Who singer and Group Captain Peter Townsend, an RAF war hero who was King George VI's extra Air Equerry,at the time of his first meeting with the then 14 year old Princess Margaret. He was married at the time and later divorced Rosemary Pawle;the cause of the rift was the continued separations caused by Townsend's RAF duties during World War II. Townsend and Pawle had a brief war-time romance and wed during a short leave;they had two sons.After the War,Townsend still had to take frequent trips because of his job with the Royal Family;he was given the very demanding job of Deputy Master of the Royal Household. It was this job that also threw him in close proximity with Princess Margaret.It was his wife who embarked on an affair with wealthy merchant banker, Johnny de Laszio, that caused the final rift.Margaret,who had been harboring a crush in Townsend,took the chance and started spending time with him.Then,her father died;Margaret was crushed. She adored her father and looked to Townsend to fill the void.
The rest of the story is history;Margaret had no choice but to put Royal Duty ahead of love.It has been mentioned that she may have been a much happier person and never have gotten divorced if she had been allowed to marry Townsend...but the fiasco of the Edward VIII abdication crisis was still too raw.

You can find out more about Peter Townsend at Wikipedia:
http://enwikip edia.og/wiki/Peter_Townsend_(Group_Captain)

You can find out more about the Who at the same source! But the Who's Peter Townsend has no relationship with Margaret's Peter. Perhaps you could post any questions about the Who's Peter Townsend in the entertainment and music sections;this is after all THE ROYALTY section,where people who do know about Royalty get to share what they know!So,music buffs are probably abundant in another section!

Answer "Smoke From A Distant Fire was a top 20 one hit wonder for The Sanford/Townsend Band."
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Answer Because "Slit Skirts" is freakin' amazing.

Answer As a concert, it was in 1969, probably somewhere in the UK. But if you're asking about the stage musical based on the album, it was first performed at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla (part of metro San Diego), California, in the spring of 1992; it moved to Broadway early the next year.