Princess Margaret would have loved 'same mould’ Meghan Markle, royal author claims
dailystar.co.ukMeghan Markle as they were both from the “same mould”, a royal author has claimed. According to Tom Quinn, who was speaking on a recent episode of the To Di For Daily podcast, the Queen’s sister and the Duchess of Sussex had a few similarities.
He said: “She would have [loved Meghan]. They were both from the same mould completely. “And, in fact, I think Margaret would have thought that she had helped move the Royal Family forward to a position where they were prepared to allow Meghan to marry into the family. “Because, you know, as you know, as the world knows, Margaret wasn’t allowed to marry someone because he was divorced. “And the British public, to the amazement of the establishment, they all sided with Margaret and said, ‘You know, not allowing her to marry someone just because he’s divorced is ridiculous, it’s medieval.’ And so she got so much sympathy for that… “I think the Royal Family, in future, began to think, ‘Okay, we’ve got to at least modernise a bit.’” Princess Margaret had an affair with Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcee who was seen by many as an unsuitable match for Her Majesty’s sister.
At the time the Church of England opposed divorce and as head of the Church of England, it is thought the Queen could not allow her sister to marry a divorced man, and subsequently, Margaret and Peter did not marry.
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