#billy wallace

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During her lifetime, Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was was engaged to marry no less than three different men.

In 1956, just one year after she made the announcement that she would not be marrying Peter Townsend (1914-1995), Princess Margaret decided it was better to marry "somebody one at least liked" than to spend the rest of her life alone, and she agreed to marry Billy Wallace (1927- 1977).

He was part of the so-called "Margaret Set", friendship group of high society individuals. Night after night, usually in a party of six or eight, Margaret would visit theatres, restaurants, and nightclubs, smoking cigarettes through a long holder between courses and sipping whiskey.

Wallace's father was Captain Euan Wallace, who served in the British government, notably the Minister of Transport in 1939. According to CNN, when his father died in 1941, he left Billy "a large legacy." Once the richest family in the country, as a child Billy had featured in society magazines and picnicked with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. When Margaret extended a stay at Billy's Sussex home in 1951, expectation of an engagement between them escalated during the run up to her 21st birthday at Balmoral.

Margaret was engaged to Billy Wallace, at the age of 26 for a period in 1956 - just a month after she announced the end of her engagement to Peter.

However, Margaret and Billy's relationship hit a snag, and the engagement was never formally announced.

CNN reports, "Convinced that the queen's approval would be given, Wallace went off to the Bahamas and had a brief romance. So confident was he that nothing could prevent the engagement, he told the princess about it on his return. He was astonished when she promptly showed him the door."

In 1959, Peter Townsend, 45, married his second wife, 20 year old Belgian national, Marie-Luce Jamagne.

They had two daughters and one son.

On 6th May 1960, the princess married Lord Snowdon (1930-2017).

Welcome to my new little series, where I write drabbles for characters based on songs and lyrics. These will include characters from Peaky Blinders, Gangs of London, Mobland and Stranger Things.

Feel free to send requests, including a song or lyric, and a characters. Accepted characters will be listed in the Masterlist below. 🎧🤍

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Rewatching Favourite Scenes:-

The Crown 2x04 – Margaret Shoots Down Her Fiancé

Princess Margaret and socialite Billy Wallace were once unofficially engaged for a few months, as was confirmed during an interview with Australian Women’s Weekly.

The real Margaret did indeed dump Billy – hopefully with a speech as scathing as the one in The Crown – after he confessed to his ‘meaningless fling’ with another woman.

The Crown’s version of events may give the Princess even more justice. In the show, Billy ends up shot in the leg after a drunken duel with Margaret’s friend Colin Tennant. Arrogant Billy then continues to boast about his conquests, and being a catch for “every good-looking girl on Earth” due to his royal connections.

There's no proof of a duel in real life, although it fires up the drama. However, the real Margaret was said to be furious with Billy, finding other ways to get revenge. Reportedly, she cut her ex-fiancé out of her royal circle and didn't speak to him for at least three years.

In time, the Princess went so far as to use Billy’s London home to hide her clandestine (and passionate) encounters with new love, Tony Armstrong-Jones, whom she later married. Well aimed, Margaret!

Gangs of London icons

Request: Oh man, Billy seriously needs a lot of love. What about something in which him and fem reader have at first a platonic relationship, they deeply care about eachother, they cuddle and one day one of them kisses the other, please put as much fluff as you can,,,, and a lot of cuddles👉👈

Requested by Anonymous

Billy Wallace x Reader

Warnings: Mention of drugs & alcohol

A/n: I have finally gone through my requests and I plan on getting all the headcanons and blurbs done. The amount I had was a little overwhelming and made it to where I didn’t even want to look at my requests unless I was gonna write one. I found some courage and dove into them and pulled out the ones that I knew I could easily get out. I hope to have requests open by the middle of July, but don’t quote me on that. Anyway, I’m excited to be getting to this as I haven’t had too many Gangs of London requests. 

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You and Billy barely knew each other. 

Though, you’d both grown up in London, it was a large city and, whether or not it was small world, your paths didn’t cross until you were adults. 

You were friends of a friend and had often seen him at parties you attended. 

These weren’t the types of parties his family was known for throwing. 

There were drugs and alcohol and god only knows what else. 

You’d bumped into him a few times, chatting a little, but you never cared if you spoke to him again. 

That was until the two of you were both invited to a small get together. Anyone who though it would just be a bunch of friends lounging around was wrong.

By nine, pretty much everyone was shitfaced except Billy and you, something that was rare for him. But he just couldn’t get into it that night.

“This is boring,” he muttered from his place on the floor in the kitchen.

You nodded, never had you been so bored before. Usually you were like everyone else and would get wasted and pass out somewhere. “Yeah.”

Billy pushed himself up, “You wanna go get food.” Shrugging you jumped off the counter, where you had been sitting. 

The two of you left the house and walked around a few blocks to find a place to eat. Nothing really sounded good, so you just walked and talked. 

It was a fun night, to say the least. 

You both laughed more than you had in a long while and finally found someone who could understand you.

You’d finally found a friend you knew you could rely on.

Swapping number, you two talked all the time. Day and night, you were glued to your phone, texting Billy. 

When neither of you were doing anything, you’d spend the day together. Sometimes he would take you to lunch or you would take him for a drive. Sometime you’d invite him over and you’d watch as many James Bond movie as you could. It was always a competition to see who would stay awake the longest.

Billy had won the most... well, almost every time. 

When his family wasn’t home to bother him, he’d invite you over and you would both lounge around the house. 

Often times, you guys would buy a bunch of alcohol and mix up a bunch of different drinks.

Billy’s family had a feeling the pair of you were more than friends, though they didn’t say anything. Billy would tell them when he was ready. But Sean wasn’t stupid and he had a feeling his brother wasn’t even aware of his feelings for you.

You weren’t aware of your feelings for your friend either, so there was that.

It wasn’t until the two of you were laying on your couch, you on top of Billy. How you had ended up in the position, his arms wrapped around you to keep you in place, was a mystery. 

But there you sat, all cozy in each other’s warmth. 

“Are you asleep?” Billy mummered against your hair. 

Tilting your head up, you gave him a tired smile. “No.” 

It wasn’t unusual for you both to be touching each other in some way. It was normal for you guys and those around you, though they questioned it silently, never said a thing.

Glancing at his phone, Billy frowned. “It’s 1 am, how are you not asleep yet? You’re always the first to go.” His voice was soft, barely echoing of the walls of the dark room.

“I don’t know,” you shrugged, your face hovering over his.

Billy decided to close the distance, however small it may have been, raising his lips to meet yours. You weren’t taken back by the action, loving the feel of his lips against yours. Neither of you wanted move apart.

The next morning, you woke with Billy’s arms around you just as they had been when you’d fallen asleep. You traced circles on his shirt, not wanting to move in case your movements woke him.

Slowly, he stirred, a faint smile tugged at his lips before his eyes fluttered open. “Morning,” his voice was groggy with sleep, causing you to smile.

“Good morning,” you hummed. 

“Can we just stay like this for a while?” he asked, moving a hand to brush a loose strand of hair out of your face. 

You nodded, wanting nothing more than to feel is heart beat.

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