Sister Margaret, the new Queen Elizabeth II, was trapped in an awkward position. As the head of the Church of England, Queen Elizabeth was asked not to allow Margaret to marry on the grounds that the marriage was completely unprotected. But the Queen wanted to help her sister, wanted Margaret to be happy, so she tried to reconcile the religious tradition with the royal family.
The tension between Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth was the central point in the first part of the Netflix series “The Crown”. In the film, the Queen of England falls into a spiritual battle between her duty to the throne and the sisterhood. After news broke about Margaret’s romance, an adviser to the Queen suggested that she send Townshend abroad to avoid the scandal of loving the princess. The Queen sent Townshend to accompany her and Prince Philip during the Commonwealth trip.
