How heartbroken Princess Margaret broke off her secret engagement with Group Captain Peter Townsend on this day. She chose duty - and her privileges as a Royal - over love...

Forced to choose between duty to her country and the man she loved, it was a titanic collision of loyalties for Princess Margaret. And in the end, duty won out.

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