TIME AND CHANCE
An Autobiography

By Peter Townsend

1978, First Edition, first impression, hardback with unclipped dustjacket; published by Collins, London.
317pp.

This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: 'To Julie   Much love   Peter.'

Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a British 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 Elizabeth II from 1952 to 1953. Townsend notably had a romance with Princess Margaret, Elizabeth's younger sister. [citation: WIKI]

Peter Townsend's relationship with Princess Margaret was dramatised in TV episodes of 'The Crown'.