We already See about Prince George, Duke of Kent. In this Chapter We see about
Prince George, of Greece and Denmark { Prince George, Duke of Kent Wife } and children's of Prince George and Prince George.
Prince George, of Greece and Denmark :
Introduction :
Name : Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.
Father : Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark.
Mother : Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Born : 13 December 1906
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died : 27 August 1968 (aged 61)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial : 30 August 1968
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Spouse : Prince George, Duke of Kent
Issue : 1.Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
2.Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
3.Prince Michael of Kent.
House : Glücksburg
Religion : Greek Orthodox
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI, GCVO, GBE (13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1906 – 27 August 1968), born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Μαρίνα), was a Greek princess by birth and a British princess by marriage. She was a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and a granddaughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. Princess Marina married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael.
The Princess was widowed in 1942, when her husband was killed in a plane crash on active service. In later life she carried out many royal engagements, including the independence celebrations for Ghana and Botswana.
Early life :
Princess Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, George I of Greece. She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
Princess Marina had two elder sisters, Princess Olga and Princess Elizabeth. Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Elizabeth married Carl Theodor, Count of Toeering-Jettenbach in 1934. One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins).
Marina spent her early years in Greece, and lived with her parents and paternal grandparents at Tatoi Palace. Along with her sisters, she was raised to be devout and religious, which was encouraged by her grandmother, Queen Olga of Greece. Marina's family travelled outside of Greece often, especially during the summer months. Her first recorded visit to Britain was in 1910 after the death of her godfather, Edward VII. She officially met her other godmother and future mother-in-law, Queen Mary, who treated Marina and her sisters like her own children.
The Greek royal family was forced into exile when Marina was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy. They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed with her extended family throughout Europe.
Marriage and children :
•Wedding ceremony :
In 1932, Princess Marina and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through Christian IX of Denmark, met in London. Their betrothal was announced in August 1934. Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934. On 29 November 1934, they married at Westminster Abbey, London. The wedding was a grand affair, as it had been more than eleven years since the last royal wedding with Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast by wireless, and with the use of other technology, such as microphones—the control room was located underneath the Unknown Warrior's tomb of Westminster Abbey. The service was broadcast locally and abroad to other nations, and loudspeakers allowed spectators from outside the Abbey to hear the proceedings. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, which was converted into an Orthodox chapel for the ceremony. The wedding was the most recent occasion on which a princess from another royal family married into the British royal family.
The wedding dress was designed by Edward Molyneux, who had worked with Marina previously. The dress was made from white silk and silver lamé brocade, with a raised English rose design.
Her eight bridesmaids were her first cousins, Greek princesses Irene, Eugenie and Katherine, her maternal first cousin Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, her first cousin once removed Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, her husband's niece Princess Elizabeth of York, her husband's cousins the Lady Iris Mountbatten and Lady Mary Cambridge.
The Royal School of Needlework made a quilt as a wedding gift for Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent.
•Married life :
The Duke and Duchess set up their first home at 3 Belgrave Square, close to Buckingham Palace. She became a patroness of several organizations and charities, including the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, the Women's Hospital Fund, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. She would continue to support these charities and institutions for the rest of her life. She became very close to her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, with whom she would usually spend time while her husband was off performing his own royal duties.
The couple had three children:
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (9 October 1935): he married Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961. They have three children.
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (25 December 1936): she married the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke, on 24 April 1963. They had two children.
Prince Michael of Kent (4 July 1942): he married Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz on 30 June 1978. They have two children.
The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, while on active service with the Royal Air Force. The Duchess, according to royal biographer Hugo Vickers, was "the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay death duties".
During World War II, Marina was trained as a nurse for three months under the pseudonym "Sister Kay" and joined the civil nurse reserve.
Later life and death :
After her husband's death, the Duchess of Kent continued to be an active member of the British royal family, carrying out a wide range of royal and official engagements. She was the president of the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for 26 years. She was also the president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 1943 until her death and was awarded the RNLI's gold medal in 1967 to mark this contribution. One of her first cousins was Prince Philip (later the Duke of Edinburgh), who married her niece, the future Queen Elizabeth II, in 1947.
In 1947, Princess Marina visited Greece and Italy. In June 1952 the Duchess laid the foundation stone of the new St Mark's Church in Bromley, London, which had been damaged in the war.
In 1952, the Duchess also visited Sarawak (then a British Crown Colony), where she laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of St Thomas in Kuching. She also visited the Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese internment camp during World War II which had been converted to a teacher training college, and the city of Sibu, where she opened the outpatient department of the Lau Kheng Howe Hospital.
In March 1957, when the Gold Coast achieved independence from Britain as Ghana, the Duchess of Kent was appointed to represent the Queen at the celebrations. Fifty years later, at the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence, her son, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, was appointed by the Queen to represent her.
Marina earned a place in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1960 together with the Princess of Monaco, Patricia Lopez-Willshaw and Merle Oberon. In 1964, the Princess took an extensive tour of Australia and officially opened Gladesville Bridge in Sydney.
In September 1966, when the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland became the new Republic of Botswana, the Princess was appointed again to represent the Queen at the celebrations. The main public hospital in Gaborone, the new Botswana's capital, is named "Princess Marina Hospital". She was the Chancellor of the University of Kent at Canterbury from 1963 until her death.
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, died of a brain tumour at Kensington Palace at 11.40 am on 27 August 1968, aged 61. The funeral service for the Princess was held at St. George's Chapel on 30 August. She was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Her funeral was the last royal ceremony attended by her brother-in-law, the former king Edward VIII. Her will was sealed in London after her death in 1968. Her estate was valued at £76,166 (or £940,600 in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).
Legacy :
Princess Marina gave her name to many facilities, including:
Princess Marina College, Arborfield, Berkshire
Princess Marina House, a facility of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund at Rustington.
Princess Marina Hospital, Upton, Northamptonshire
Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana
Princess Marina Sports Complex, Rickmansworth.
Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Kent College (a teacher training college) Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia
References in popular culture :
The Kinks recorded "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" for their 1969 album Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). The song was written by Ray Davies.
In 2017, Clare Holman portrayed Princess Marina in the season 2 finale of The Crown.
Honours and arms :
•Commonwealth honours :
CI: Companion of the Order of the Crown of India[38] 1937
GCVO: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order 1948
GBE: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1937
GCStJ: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1935
Royal Family Order of King George V
Royal Family Order of King George VI
Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II
Canadian Forces Decoration
•Foreign honours :
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
Dame of the Order of Beneficence
Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator San Martin
Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
House of Romanov: Dame Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine
•Honorary military appointments :
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Kent Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Dorset Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief, of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Colonel-in-Chief, of The Queen's Regiment (Allied)
Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Honorary Colonel, of the 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Honorary Colonel, of the 431 LAA Regiment RA
Honorary Colonel, of the 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, and Berkshire) Field Regiment, RA
Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Regiment, RA (Territorials)
Colonel, of the Queen's Own Buffs
Commandant, Women's Royal Naval Service (1940–1968) {Chief Commandant from 1951}
Honorary Commandant, of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina has Three Child's
They are, 1.Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
2.Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
3.Prince Michael of Kent.
1.Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
Introduction :
Name : Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick.
Father : Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Mother : Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.
Born : Prince Edward of Kent
9 October 1935 (age 87)
3 Belgrave Square, London, England
Spouse : Katharine Worsley
Issue : 1.George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
2.Lady Helen Taylor
3.Lord Nicholas Windsor
House : Windsor
Education : Eton College
Le Rosey
Royal Military Academy Sandhurs
Military career
Service/branch : British Army
Years of active service: 1955–1976
Rank : Field Marshal
Service number : 443787
Unit : Royal Scots Greys
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, CD, ADC (Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth II and Edward were first cousins through their fathers, King George VI, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. Edward's mother Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was also a first cousin of the Queen's husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him both a second cousin and first cousin once removed to King Charles III.
Prince Edward has held the title of Duke of Kent for more than 80 years, since the age of six, after the death of his father in a plane crash in 1942. Edward carried out engagements on behalf of Elizabeth II and is involved with over 140 charitable organisations. He was president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, presenting the trophies to the Wimbledon champion and runner-up, and served as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, retiring in 2001. He is president of The Scout Association, the Royal United Services Institute, and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and since 1967 Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England. Much of his charity work revolves around war remembrance, technology, and the growth of British industry. He is also the last surviving descendant of George V born during his lifetime.
Early life and education :
Prince Edward was born on 9 October 1935, at No. 3 Belgrave Square, London, to Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina. Home Secretary Sir John Simon was present to verify the birth. His father was the fourth son of George V and Queen Mary. His mother was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. He was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1935 by Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang. His godparents were his grandparents, George V, Queen Mary and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark; as well as the Prince of Wales; the Princess Royal, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (whose son, Prince Arthur of Connaught, stood proxy); and the Duchess of Argyll.
Prince Edward began his education at Ludgrove, a preparatory school in Berkshire, before going on to Eton College and then Le Rosey in Switzerland. After school he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he won the Sir James Moncrieff Grierson prize for foreign languages. Edward speaks fluent French, having been raised in a house where, according to the words of his younger brother, Prince Michael of Kent, his mother and aunts spoke French as a matter of preference.
On 25 August 1942, Prince Edward's father, the Duke of Kent, was killed when his plane crashed in bad weather in Caithness. Prince Edward, at six years old, succeeded his father as Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick. As a member of the royal family, Prince Edward began performing engagements at an early age. In 1952, at the age of 16, he walked behind the coffin of his uncle, George VI, at his state funeral. In 1953, he attended the coronation of his cousin, Elizabeth II, and was the third to pay homage at her throne, following the dukes of Edinburgh and Gloucester.
Military service :
On 29 July 1955, the Duke of Kent graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as a second lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, the beginning of a military career which lasted over 20 years. He was promoted to captain on 29 July 1961.
From 1962 to 1963, the Duke of Kent served in Hong Kong, later serving on the staff in Eastern Command. He was promoted to major on 31 December 1967. In 1970, the Duke commanded a squadron of his regiment serving in the British Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus, part of the UN force enforcing peace between the Greek and Turkish parts of the divided island. During the early 1970s, the Duke also served in Northern Ireland with his regiment. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 30 June 1973.
The Duke retired from the army on 15 April 1976. He was subsequently promoted to major-general on 11 June 1983 and to field marshal on 11 June 1993.
A new book about the Queen has revealed that, in 1971, the monarch intervened to prevent the kidnapping of her cousin, the Duke of Kent. The then 35-year-old Duke, an Army officer with the Royal Scots Greys, was sent to Northern Ireland with his unit but the Queen alerted Edward Heath, the prime minister, during her private audience, and he relayed a warning to his ministers. Commanding officers were told the Duke was not to be sent to Belfast without special orders. A few weeks later, he was posted back to the mainland.
Marriage and personal life :
At York Minster on 8 June 1961 the Duke of Kent married Katharine Worsley, the only daughter of Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet by his wife Joyce Morgan Brunner. She converted to Roman Catholicism in 1994, but because the conversion occurred after their marriage, it did not cause the Duke to lose his place in the line of succession, as the Act of Settlement 1701 only applied where the spouse was a Catholic at the time of marriage. The disqualification by marrying a Catholic was removed by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. They have three living children:
George, Earl of St Andrews, born 26 June 1962 at Coppins; married Sylvana Tomaselli
Lady Helen Taylor, born 28 April 1964 at Coppins; married Timothy Taylor
Lord Nicholas Windsor, born 25 July 1970 at King's College Hospital in London; married, 2006, Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan
A son, Patrick, stillborn on 5 October 1977.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House, Kensington Palace, in London.
The Duke had a mild stroke on the morning of 18 March 2013. In April 2015, he suffered from a hip injury and was hospitalised at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for further treatments.
Activities :
The Duke of Kent performed engagements on behalf of his cousin, the Queen, for over 50 years. The Duke represented the Queen during independence celebrations in the Commonwealth countries of Sierra Leone, Uganda, Guyana, Gambia Ghana, to commemorate its 50th independence anniversary celebration. He also acted as Counsellor of State during periods of the Queen's absence abroad.
One of the Duke's major public roles for many years was vice-chairman of British Trade International, formerly known as the British Overseas Trade Board, and later as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. This position saw the Duke travel abroad to represent the British government in fostering trade relations with foreign countries and organisations. Prince Andrew, Duke of York succeeded him in this position, which is today known as UK Trade & Investment (or UKTI), although Prince Andrew resigned from the post in 2011. He was also the vice-chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board. In that capacity, he became the first member of the royal family to visit China in 1979 with his focus being on the British Energy Exhibition in Beijing.
From 1971 to 2000, the Duke of Kent was president of English football's governing body, The Football Association. The Duke has served as the president of The Scout Association since 1975. Along with Prince William of Wales, the Duke visited the Centenary World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Chelmsford in July 2007. He also served as the president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club between 1969 and 2021, a position in which he succeeded his late mother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. His other roles include president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the RAF Benevolent Fund, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Stroke Association, the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institution, the British Racing Drivers' Club, and patron of the American Air Museum in Britain, Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Kent County Cricket Club, Opera North, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the Duke of York's Royal Military School Dover and St Mungo's Broadway, benefiting the homeless. He is also on the advisory panel for the Mountbatten Medal and presents the medal once the decision has been made. The Duke of Kent is one of the Royal Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
For almost 29 years, the Duke has been the patron of Endeavour, a national youth organisation. He has also served as Royal Patron of The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn since 2001, a position previously occupied by his father. In 2015, the Duke received the Dresden Peace Prize for "his contribution to British-German reconciliation."
On 2 June 2022, the Duke appeared alongside the Queen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the 2022 Trooping the Colour as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Freemasonry :
The Duke was initiated into Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16 on 16 December 1963, and was elected its Worshipful Master for 1965 and 1966.
Having been appointed Senior Grand Warden in 1966, he was elected as Grand Master the following year, and was installed on 14 June 1967 during United Grand Lodge of England's 250th anniversary celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall. He is the 10th, and longest-serving Grand Master of UGLE, the governing body of Freemasonry in England and Wales.
In December 2013, he celebrated 50 years as a freemason. In October 2017 he presided over the tercentenary celebrations of UGLE, marking the 300th anniversary of the founding of the original Grand Lodge, one of two which merged to form UGLE in 1813. The main ceremony was held in the Royal Albert Hall, in the year which also marked the Duke's 50th anniversary of installation as Grand Master.
Titles, styles, honours and arms :
Titles and styles :
9 October 1935 – 25 August 1942: His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Kent
25 August 1942 – present: His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent
Military ranks :
29 July 1955: Second lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys
29 July 1957: Lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys
29 July 1961: Captain, Royal Scots Greys
31 December 1967: Major, Royal Scots Greys
30 June 1973: Lieutenant-colonel, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Retired on 15 April 1976
11 June 1983: Major general
11 June 1993: Field marshal
Honours :
12 May 1937: King George VI Coronation Medal
2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
1960: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
1961: Sierra Leone Independence Medal
1966: Guyana Independence Medal
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)1967: Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
6 February 1977: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
1985: Royal Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG)
6 February 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
6 February 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with 3 Bars
Canadian Forces' Decoration (with three clasps) (CD)
6 February 2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Foreign :
1970: United Nations Medal for the UNFICYP mission
1992: Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan
6 November 2000: Knight of the Order of Charles XIII
Order of Saints George and Constantine First class (civil division)
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (special class)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa
Order of the Three Divine Powers First Class (Jyotirmaya-Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta)
1988: Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Saxony 21 May 2015: Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
Civilian appointments :
Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign (1 August 1966 to date)
University of Surrey, chancellor (June 1976 to date)
Royal Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (1990 to date)
Military appointments :
•Canada
11 June 1977: Colonel-in-Chief, of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
•United Kingdom
Colonel, of the Scots Guards
Colonel-in-Chief, of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Royal Colonel, 1st Battalion, of The Rifles
Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1993: Honorary Air Commodore, of the RAF Leuchars
15 June 1985 – 30 June 1996: Honorary Air Vice Marshal RAF
1 July 1996: Honorary Air Chief Marshal RAF
Arms :
Notes : As a descendant of George V, the Duke of Kent's arms are based on the Royal Arms. The following explains the way in which his arms are differenced from those of the Queen.
Coronet : Coronet of a Grandchild of the Sovereign
Crest : On the coronet of children of other sons of the Sovereign, composed of four crosses-patées alternated with four strawberry leaves a lion statant guardant or, crowned with the like coronet and differenced with a label as in the Arms.
Escutcheon : The Royal Arms differenced by a label of five points argent the points charged alternately with three anchors azure and two crosses gules.
Supporters : The Royal Supporters differenced with the like coronet and label.
Orders : The Order of the Garter ribbon.
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
Banner : The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom labelled for difference as in his arms.
Symbolism : As with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The first and fourth quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the third of Ireland.
2.Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy.
Introduction :
Name : Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel.
Father : Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Mother : Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.
Born : Princess Alexandra of Kent
25 December 1936 (age 85)
Belgravia, London, England
Spouse : Angus Ogilvy
Issue : 1.James Ogilvy
2.Marina Ogilvy
House : Windsor
Education : Heathfield School, Ascot
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936) is a member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. She was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and since her mother was a first cousin of the queen's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, she was also his first cousin once removed.
Princess Alexandra is the widow of businessman Angus Ogilvy, to whom she was married from 1963 until his death in 2004. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of September 2022, she is 56th.
Early life :
Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra; her grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia; and both of her maternal aunts, Countess Elizabeth of Törring-Jettenbach and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia. She received the name Christabel because she was born on Christmas Day, like her aunt Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Her birth was the last to have the tradition of having the Home Secretary present to verify the birth of potential heirs to the throne. John Simon was present and was the last one to do so.
As a male-line granddaughter of the British monarch, she was styled as a British princess with the prefix Her Royal Highness. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her cousins Elizabeth and Margaret, her uncle the Duke of Gloucester, her father the Duke of Kent, and her elder brother Prince Edward. She was born two weeks after the abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII.
The Princess was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace, on 9 February 1937, and her godparents were King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (her paternal uncle and aunt); the Queen of Norway (her grand-aunt); Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (her maternal grandmother); Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (her maternal aunt); the Princess Beatrice (her paternal great-grand-aunt); the Earl of Athlone (her paternal grand-uncle); and Count Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach (her maternal uncle by marriage). Of her godparents, only the King and Queen and Lord Athlone were present.
Princess Alexandra spent most of her childhood at her family's country house, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire. She lived with her grandmother, Queen Mary, the widow of George V, during World War II at Badminton. Her father was killed in an aeroplane crash in Caithness, Scotland, on 25 August 1942 while serving in the Royal Air Force. Princess Alexandra has the distinction of being the first British princess to have attended a boarding school, Heathfield School near Ascot. She then studied in Paris. She was also trained at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Marriage and personal life :
On 24 April 1963, she married The Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (1928–2004), second son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke, at Westminster Abbey. Ogilvy presented Alexandra with an engagement ring made of a cabochon sapphire set in gold and surrounded by diamonds on both sides. The wedding ceremony was attended by the royal family and was broadcast worldwide on television, watched by an estimated 200 million people.
The bride wore a wedding gown of Valenciennes lace, with matching veil and train, designed by John Cavanagh. She made her way with her brother, the Duke of Kent, from Kensington Palace to the church. The bridesmaids included Princess Anne and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, and the best man was Peregrine Fairfax.[10] The Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey conducted the service. Angus Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer to be created an earl upon marriage, so their children carry no titles.
Angus Ogilvy was knighted in 1988 (when Princess Alexandra assumed the style of The Hon. Lady Ogilvy), later being sworn of the Privy Council in 1997. Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy had two children, James and Marina, and four grandchildren:
James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964 in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey). He married Julia Caroline Rawlinson on 30 July 1988 at St Mary's Church in Saffron Walden, Essex. The couple have issue: Flora Alexandra Vesterberg (born 15 December 1994 in Edinburgh, Scotland). She married Timothy Vesterberg at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on 26 September 2020.
Alexander Charles Ogilvy (born 12 November 1996 in Edinburgh, Scotland).
Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (born 31 July 1966 in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey) she married Paul Julian Mowatt (Hendon, 28 November 1962) on 2 February 1990 and divorced on 15 October 1997. They have two children:Zenouska May Mowatt (born 26 May 1990 in Roehampton, England). Currently works as Head of Marketing for Halcyon Days Ltd.
Christian Alexander Mowatt (born 4 June 1993 in London, England)
Marina's first pregnancy, which was announced in late 1989, caused a controversy as the couple were not married. This resulted in a feud with her parents who suggested she either marry her companion or have an abortion. In an interview with a tabloid at the time, Marina had claimed that her parents had cut off her trust fund and monthly allowance due to their disapproval of her conduct.
Activities :
Beginning in the late 1950s, Princess Alexandra carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of the Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly 120 engagements each year, Princess Alexandra was one of the most active members of the royal family. She made 110 engagements in 2012. However, in late June 2013, she cancelled her engagements due to arthritis. As of 2017, she is still listed as a working member of the royal family, attending numerous ceremonial and charitable engagements.
In 1959, she carried out an extensive tour of Australia, and attended the Queensland Centenary Celebrations. The Alexandra Waltz was composed for this visit by radio announcer Russ Tyson, and television musical director, Clyde Collins. It was sung for the princess by teen-aged Gay Kahler, who later changed her name to Gay Kayler. In 1961, Princess Alexandra visited Hong Kong and made a visit to Aberdeen Fish Market, Lok Ma Chau police station and So Uk Estate, a public housing complex. Princess Alexandra returned to Australia in 1967 for a private holiday, but also carried out engagements in Canberra and Melbourne. The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane is named in her honour.
Princess Alexandra represented the Queen when Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960, and opened the first Parliament on 3 October. Later overseas tours included visits to Canada, Italy, Oman, Hungary, Norway, Japan, Thailand, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. Princess Alexandra launched the New Zealand Leander-class frigate HMNZS Waikato at Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1965. Princess Alexandra opened the Victoria to Brixton section of London Underground's Victoria line on 23 July 1971.
Princess Alexandra opened the new hospital in Harlow, Essex, named in her honour on 27 April 1965. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust was announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in September 2019 to be part of the government's new health infrastructure programme to build a new hospital.
Princess Alexandra served as Chancellor of Lancaster University from its foundation in 1964 until she relinquished the post in 2004 (when she also accepted an honorary degree in Music). She also served as the first Chancellor of the University of Mauritius. She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Faculty of Anæsthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Royal College of Physicians. She is also the President of Alexandra Rose Day, which was founded in honour of her great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra. She was also patron of The Royal School, Hampstead. The Princess was president of WWF-UK until 2011.
Until it was abolished in 2013, Princess Alexandra received £225,000 per year from the Civil List to cover the cost of official expenses, although as with the other members of the royal family (except the Duke of Edinburgh) the Queen repaid this amount to the treasury. Alexandra lives at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond, London, a Crown property purchased on a 150-year lease from the Crown Estate Commissioners by Angus Ogilvy after their wedding in 1963. She also has use of a grace-and-favour apartment at St James's Palace in London.
The Princess is the patron of the Blackie Foundation Trust, a charity dedicated to the promotion of research and education in homoeopathy. She is also a patron of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals; the English National Opera; the London Philharmonic Choir; the Florence Nightingale Foundation; the not-for-profit housing association Anchor; the charity Independent Age; St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, England; Core, a National charity in London dedicated to funding research into digestive diseases and which also publishes information leaflets on the most common diseases of the gut and liver; the Nature in Art Trust; and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the oldest drama school in the English-speaking world. She has been the patron of the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton since 1954. She is also the royal patron of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB),a charity dedicated to reuniting children who have been separated from their families. She is patron of the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London, which received its royal style in 2012 during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In her role as president of Sightsavers UK, the Princess visited Washington D.C. in October 2016 to attend the Neglected Tropical Diseases NGDO Network conference partnership reception. In November 2016, one month ahead of Alexandra's 80th birthday, the Queen held a reception at Buckingham Palace in honour of the work of Alexandra's charities.
Titles, styles, honours and arms :
Titles and styles :
25 December 1936 – 24 April 1963: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent
24 April 1963 – 31 December 1988: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Mrs Ogilvy
31 December 1988 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy
Honor's :
12 May 1937: King George VI Coronation Medal
1951: Royal Family Order of King George VI
1952: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II
2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
25 December 1960: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
16 June 2003: Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG)
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) with 4 Clasps
1967: Order of the Dogwood
Foreign :
1962: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
18 November 1982: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
Eponyms :
The Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm School.
The Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcestershire is named after the Princess which she opened on 2 April 1987.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, was named by the Princess on 27 April 1965.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (formerly South Brisbane Hospital) was named by and in honour of the visit by the Princess to Queensland in 1959.
The Princess Alexandra Gardens at Leeds Castle are named after her in honour of her involvement as Patron of the Leeds Castle Foundation
Appointments :
•Academic :
1964–2004: University of Lancaster, Chancellor
1972–1996: University of Mauritius, Chancellor
Honorary academic degrees
University of Queensland, Doctor of Laws
University of Hong Kong, Doctor of Laws
University of Mauritius, Doctor of Laws
University of Liverpool, Doctor of Laws
University of Lancaster, Doctor of Musical Arts
Honorary military appointments :
•Canada :
1960–2010: Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
1977: Colonel-in-Chief, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
United Kingdom
1955: Patron, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
1998: Lady Sponsor, of HMS Kent (F78)]
1957–1968: Colonel-in-Chief, of Durham Light Infantry
1968–2002: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, of Light Infantry
1977–2006: Colonel-in-Chief, of King's Own Royal Border Regiment
2002–2007: Colonel-in-Chief, of Light Infantry
1975: Royal Honorary Colonel, of The Royal Yeomanry
1992: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, of The Queen's Royal Lancers
2007: Royal Colonel, 3rd Battalion The Rifles
1966: Patron and Air Chief Commandant, of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service
2000–2012: Honorary Air Commodore, of RAF Cottesmore
Hong Kong
1969–1997: Commandant General, Royal Hong Kong Police Force
Arms :
Notes : As a descendant of George V, Princess Alexandra's arms are based on the Royal Arms. The following explains the way in which her arms are differenced from those of the monarch.
Adopted : 1961
Coronet : Coronet of a Grandchild of the Sovereign
Crest : On the coronet of children of other sons of the Sovereign, composed of four crosses-pattées alternated with four strawberry leaves a lion statant guardant or, crowned with the like coronet and differenced with a label as in the Arms.
Escutcheon : The Royal Arms differenced with a five-point label—the standard differentiation for a male-line grandchild of a British Monarch. The first and fifth points bear a heart gules, the second and fourth points bear an anchor azure, and the third point bears a cross gules.
Supporters : The Royal Supporters differenced with the like coronet and label.
Orders : The Order of the Garter circlet.
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
Banner : The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom labelled for difference as in her arms.
Symbolism : As with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The first and fourth quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the third of Ireland.
3.Prince Michael of Kent.
Introduction :
Born : 4 July 1942 (age 80)
Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Spouse : Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
Issue :1. Lord Frederick Windsor
2. Lady Gabriella Kingston
Names : Michael George Charles Franklin
House : Windsor
Father : Prince George, Duke of Kent
Mother : Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Education : Sunningdale School
Eton College
Mons Officer Cadet School
Military career
Service/branch : British Army
Years of active service : 1961–1981
Rank : Major (active service)
Unit : 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
Battles/wars : Cyprus dispute
Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, CD, KStJ (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family, who is 51st in the line of succession to the British throne as of September 2022.
Prince Michael is the younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. He is a paternal first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, being a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary.
Prince Michael would occasionally represent Queen Elizabeth II at some functions in Commonwealth realms outside the United Kingdom during her reign. Otherwise, he manages his own consultancy business and undertakes various commercial work around the world. He has also presented some television documentaries on the royal families of Europe.
Early life :
Prince Michael was born on 4 July 1942, at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire. He was the third child of Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was a son of King George V and Queen Mary and a younger brother of King George VI. At the time of his birth, Michael was seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. His mother was Princess Marina, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
At his baptism on 4 August 1942 in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle, his godparents were his paternal uncle the King; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (for whom her son-in-law Prince Bernhard stood proxy); the King Haakon VII of Norway (his great-uncle); US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (for whom the Duke of Kent stood proxy); Frederica of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Greece (who was not present), the wife of Paul of Greece, his first cousin-once-removed; the Duke of Gloucester (his paternal uncle, who was absent); the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (his paternal first cousin twice-removed); and Lady Patricia Ramsay (his paternal first cousin twice-removed). Because of the war, newspaper reports did not identify the location of the baptism and said instead that it took place at "a private chapel in the country".
Seven weeks after Michael's birth, his father was killed in a plane crash near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, on 25 August 1942.
At the age of five, Prince Michael was a page boy at the wedding of his cousins Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
Education and military service :
He was educated at Sunningdale School and Eton College[5] and is fluent in French as well as having a "working knowledge" of German and Italian, he was the first member of the royal family to learn Russian, of which he is a qualified interpreter.
Michael entered the Mons Officer Cadet School, in January 1961, from where he was commissioned into the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own). He later served in The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) after the amalgamation between the 11th Hussars and the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in 1969. He saw service in Germany, Hong Kong, and Cyprus, where his squadron formed part of a United Nations peacekeeping force in 1971. Subsequent tours of duty, during a military career that spanned twenty years, included a number of appointments on the Defence Intelligence Staff. He retired from the Army with the rank of Major in 1981.
In 1994, Michael was made Honorary Commodore (later Honorary Rear Admiral and then Vice Admiral) of the Royal Naval Reserve, and in 2002, he was made Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Benson (promoted to Honorary Air Marshal in 2012). From 2009 to 2012, he was Regimental Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company and on 31 January 2012 became its Royal Honorary Colonel. He is also Colonel-in-Chief of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment in Canada.
Activities and patronages :
As the third child of George V's fourth son, it was not expected that Prince Michael, as the only second son in the extended royal family, would undertake many engagements on behalf of the royal family. He has performed official duties in the Commonwealth realms other than the United Kingdom and has represented the Queen abroad.
He has, however, never received a parliamentary annuity or an allowance from the British Privy Purse, unlike both his elder brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and his sister, Princess Alexandra, who both carry out official royal duties. The Prince was given the use of a grace and favour apartment at Kensington Palace upon his marriage in 1978.
Michael represented the Queen at state funerals in India, Cyprus and Swaziland and, with his wife, Princess Michael of Kent, represented the Queen at the independence celebrations in Belize, and at the coronation of King Mswati III of Swaziland.
Michael supports a large number of charities and organisations. Some of his patronages and presidencies include: the Kennel Club, Children's Burns Trust, Maritime Volunteer Service, the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, Life Saving Society, Royal Automobile Club, National Eye Research Centre, Motor Sports Association, Brooklands Museum Trust, the Light Aircraft Association, and the London School of Business and Finance.
Marriage :
On 30 June 1978, Michael married, at a civil ceremony, at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria, the German noblewoman Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz. After receiving Pope John Paul II's permission (a previous pontiff, Pope Paul VI, had barred them from having a Catholic wedding), the couple later received a blessing of their marriage in a Catholic ceremony on 29 June 1983 at Archbishop's House, London.
At the time of the marriage, Marie-Christine von Reibnitz was both a Roman Catholic and a divorcée. She had been married to the banker Thomas Troubridge; they separated in 1973, divorced in 1977, and had their marriage annulled by the Catholic Church a year later, two months before her marriage to Michael. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, Michael forfeited his place in the line of succession to the throne through his marriage to a Catholic. He was reinstated to the line of succession on 26 March 2015 with the coming into force of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, and is 51st in line to the throne as of September 2022.
Michael and Marie-Christine have two children, both brought up as members of the Church of England and therefore in the line of succession to the throne since birth:
Lord Frederick Windsor, born 6 April 1979 at St Mary's Hospital, London; married, 12 September 2009, Sophie Winkleman. Educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. They have two daughters, Maud and Isabella.
Lady Gabriella Kingston, born 23 April 1981 at St Mary's Hospital, London; married, 18 May 2019, Thomas Kingston. Educated at Downe House, Brown University in the US, and Linacre College, Oxford.
Personal interests :
•Commercial :
Prince Michael manages his own consultancy business, and undertakes business throughout the world. He is also a qualified interpreter of Russian.
•Masonic :
Prince Michael is an active Freemason. He is the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, and Provincial Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex.
•Russia :
Prince Michael speaks fluent Russian and has a strong interest in Russia, where he is a well-known figure (he is a former recipient of the Order of Friendship). Tsar Nicholas II was a first cousin of three of his grandparents: George V, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. When the bodies of the Tsar and some of his family were recovered in 1991, the remains were later identified by DNA using, among others, a sample from Michael for recognition. He attended the 1998 burial of the Tsar and his family in St Petersburg. He is an honorary member of the Romanov Family Association. He is also the second cousin of Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, who is a claimant to the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia. They share the same great-grandfather, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich. Michael is the patron of organisations which have close ties with Russia, including the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce and the St Gregory's Foundation. In his capacity as patron of Children's Fire and Burns Trust, Prince Michael has led fundraising rallies in 1999 and 2003 in Russia to raise money for the charity. He also led another rally in 2005 and raised money for the Royal Marsden Hospital and Britain's Charities Aid Foundation Russia.
On 4 March 2022, Michael returned the Order of Friendship in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
•Sport :
Prince Michael was a part of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst rowing crew that won the Maiden Fours at Bedford in 1961. Prince Michael competed for Great Britain in the 1971 FIBT World Bobsleigh Championships but crashed and failed to finish the event. He was official non-travelling reserve for the 1972 Winter Olympics. He took part in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally in an Austin Maxi, but he and his crew failed to finish the event.
•Media scrutiny :
In 2002, both Michael and his wife were the subject of criticism over the rent paid on their accommodation at Kensington Palace following scrutiny by the House of Commons Public Accounts committee on the cost of royal palaces and whether they were value for money. The committee had called on the Queen to evict its residents and put the apartments on a more commercial footing. When it was claimed that the couple paid a rent of only £69 per week for the use of their apartments at Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace announced that "The Queen is paying the rent for Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's apartment at a commercial rate of £120,000 annually, from her own private funds. This rent payment by The Queen is in recognition of the Royal engagements and work for various charities which Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have undertaken at their own expense, and without any public funding."
Prince Michael has been scrutinized for financial assistance given to him by exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky through offshore companies, with a reported total of £320,000 in payments over the period 2002–2008. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Berezovsky stated, "There is nothing underhand or improper about the financial assistance I have given Prince Michael. It is a matter between friends."
In May 2021 reports were published stating that Michael was "selling access" to Vladimir Putin's political representatives. Footage from a Zoom call was released of Michael, alongside Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, interacting with undercover reporters posing as business executives seeking to make contacts with the Kremlin. In the video, he assured the men that his close ties with the country would be of benefit, and that he could introduce them to high-ranking figures within the Russian government in exchange for money. The call took place the day after the European Union imposed sanctions on the Kremlin. Michael was being offered £143,000 for a proposal and £36,000 a month by the faux businessmen, which he expressed satisfaction with. The Marquess claimed that Michael was the Queen's "unofficial ambassador to Russia" and had direct access to Putin. He later stated that he had "overpromised", while the prince said that he had not had contact with Putin since 2003. In a 2019 interview, Michael stated that he visited Russia twice a year as part of his work for the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce.
Marina Litvinenko denounced the prince's actions, saying that it demonstrated that he didn't "care about human rights, democracy, about the people who are dying in Russia or what he did to your own citizens on UK soil". Conservative MP Bob Seely released a statement saying, in part: "We have sanctions against President Putin's regime for good reason. I'd love to know what Prince Michael thinks he is doing by making the UK's values and standards look optional."
Titles, styles, honours and arms :
Titles :
As a child of a younger son of a British sovereign, he is styled as a British prince with the prefix His Royal Highness and a territorial designation deriving from his father's dukedom: "His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent".
Unofficial :
Calabar, Nigeria
2017 – present:
In Efik: Ada Idagha Ke Efik Eburutu
In English: A person of honour and high standing in the Efik Eburutu Kingdom
Honours :
See also: List of honours of the British royal family by country
1953: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
1977: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
18 January 2001: Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ)
2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2 June 2003: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) July 1992: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
19 October 2015: Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Foreign :
UN: United Nations Medal for UNFICYP (1971)
Russia: Member of the Order of Friendship (4 November 2009 – 4 March 2022)
Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I (19 August 2017)
Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (2 November 1994)
Honorary military appointments :
•Canada
Colonel-in-Chief, The Essex and Kent Scottish (14 November 2001 – present)
•United Kingdom
Honorary Commodore, Royal Naval Reserve (1 April 1994 – 2004)
Honorary Rear Admiral, Royal Naval Reserve (2004–2015)
Honorary Vice Admiral, Royal Naval Reserve (9 March 2015 – present)
Honorary Auxiliary Commodore, Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (1990)
Commodore-in-Chief, Maritime Reserves (2006–present)
Honorary Colonel, British Army (10 November 2010 – present)
Senior Colonel, The King's Royal Hussars
Regimental Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company (2009–2012)
Royal Honorary Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company (31 January 2012 – present). (member since 1981)
Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Benson (27 June 2002 – 2012)
Honorary Air Marshal of RAF Benson (1 March 2012 – present)
Fellowships :
Grand Master of the Order of Mark Master Masons of England
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
Chartered Institute of Linguists
Royal Aeronautical Society
Society of Genealogists
Institute of Road Safety Officers
Institute of the Motor Industry
Honorary academic degrees and awards :
Degrees and appointments :
1998: Plekhanov Economics Academy, Honorary Doctorate
2003: Sinerghia Economics and Finance Institute, Honorary Professor
2012: St Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, Honorary Doctorate
Awards :
2002: The International Man of the Year Award, Plekhanov Economics Academy
2003: The "Glory of Russia", Plekhanov Economics Academy
Arms :
Notes : As a descendant of George V, the Prince Michael's arms are based on the Royal Arms. The following explains the way in which his arms are differenced from those of the King.
Coronet : Coronet of a Grandchild of the Sovereign
Crest : On the coronet of children of other sons of the Sovereign, composed of four crosses-pattées alternated with four strawberry leaves a lion statant guardant or, crowned with the like coronet and differenced with a label as in the Arms.
Supporters : The Royal Supporters differenced with the like coronet and label.
Orders : The Royal Victorian Order circlet.
VICTORIA
Other elements : The Royal Arms differenced with a five-point label - the usual differentiation for a male-line grandchild of a British monarch. The first, third and fifth points bear a red cross, and the second and fourth points bear a blue anchor.
Symbolism : As with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The first and fourth quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the third of Ireland.
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