GREAT BRITAIN: The Princess & the Hero

GREAT BRITAIN The Princess & the Hero Britons were touched and some were shocked by the news: their favorite princess, Margaret, is in love.

This time the news had the ring of authenticity. It was not the story of a glittering princess who had found her Prince Charming in the fairyland of Mayfair, but of a girl whose increasingly sober face in the newspictures seemed to reflect a deeply troubled heart. The fact was that 22-year-old Margaret was in love with a Battle-of-Britain hero of the R.A.F., a divorced commoner of 38. Family loyalty,...

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