Who is Princess Margaret in The Crown?
The spare with the spotlight · House Windsor
Princess Margaret (The spare with the spotlight) is a character in The Crown, part of House Windsor. Princess Margaret got the charisma, the wit, and the wardrobe; her sister got the throne. Brilliant in company and brittle out of it, she performs at parties the way Elizabeth performs duty — and loves Group Captain Peter Townsend, her late father's equerry, a divorced man the Church and the constitution will not have. Margaret's life is the Crown's cautionary tale running in parallel: what the institution does to the one it doesn't need.
When does Princess Margaret first appear?
Princess Margaret first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Wolferton Splash”) of The Crown (2016–2023, Netflix).
Who is Princess Margaret connected to?
Relationships already established when Princess Margaret first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Elizabeth II — Sisters — crown between them
- Peter Townsend — The forbidden equerry
Which group does Princess Margaret belong to?
By the time Princess Margaret appears, House Windsor also includes Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, King George VI.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Elizabeth II — The crown made flesh
- Prince Philip — The consort who chafes
- King George VI — The reluctant king
- Winston Churchill — The old lion, again
- Peter Townsend — The equerry who looked up
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