page_title: Peter Townsend (RAF officer)
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Townsend (RAF officer) / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Tombe de Peter Townsend à Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines (Yvelines, France) English: Peter Townsend's grave in Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines (Yvelines, France)
context_page_description: Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar was a Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was equerry to King George VI from 1944 to 1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953. Townsend notably had a romance with Princess Margaret, the Queen's only sibling.
context_section_description: Townsend died of stomach cancer in 1995, in Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, France. He was 80 years old.
  In 2002, a sculpture of Townsend, designed by Guy Portelli, was erected at Townsend Square, part of the Kings Hill development, on the site formerly occupied by the RAF West Malling airfield.
caption: Stele of the grave in the churchyard of Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, France.
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