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Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI .
English: Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), Naval and air force officer; son of King George V. Date: 29 November 1934: ... Rights and Images Department ...
In 1934, Prince George (1902–1942), the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary, was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick. Prince George had three children before his death in 1942: Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael. Prince Edward, upon his father's death, succeeded to his ...
According to the memoirs of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, Edward VIII believed that Canfield was actually the biological son of his brother Prince George, Duke of Kent (the fourth son of King George V) and Kiki Preston, a "glamorous but drug-addicted American socialite who was a member of Kenya’s notorious Happy Valley set" and died by suicide on December 23, 1946.
Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934. [8] On 29 November 1934, they married at Westminster Abbey, London. [9] 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 (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen ...
Prince Michael of Kent was born there on 4 July 1942. In 1944, Princess Marina's first cousin King George II of Greece also stayed at Coppins. [2] Coppins was sold by Prince Michael in 1972 with 236 acres of land to Commander Eli Gottlieb for an amount that was reported to be over £400,000. [3]
One month after the annulment, on 30 June 1978, at a civil ceremony in Vienna, Austria, she married Prince Michael of Kent, the son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Prince Michael is a grandson of King George V. Marie-Christine has named Lord Mountbatten as their matchmaker. [10]
Prince George 1902–1942 1st Duke of Kent, 1st Earl of St Andrews, 1st Baron Downpatrick: Prince Alastair Arthur 1914–1943 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: