"The relationship became public in a rather more subtle way than is likely today. On Coronation Day, June 2 1953, the princess, waiting at Westminster Abbey for her carriage back to Buckingham Palace, was seen to flick a piece of fluff off Townsend's uniform. That possessive gesture was enough."
From her obituary in The Guardian 11th February 2002
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