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[1] [2] The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty as an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force on a mission to Reykjavík; [3] a message of condolence was proposed in Parliament by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. [4]
The Duke and Duchess of Kent in 1934. On 9 October 1934, in anticipation of his forthcoming marriage to his second cousin, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick. [22] The couple married on 29 November 1934 at Westminster Abbey. [23]
The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an airplane crash at Eagle's 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". [14]
The duke, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, laid a wreath for those who lost their lives in the accident, which took place 54 years ago. Duke of Kent pays tribute to crew members who died in 1970 ...
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British royal family.The elder son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin will descend into the Royal Vault during his funeral service, lowered by an electric motor. ... The Royal Vault at Windsor was created between 1804 and 1810 for ...
A seat became available on an earlier flight which the Viscountess accepted. The flight departed in clear weather. At about at 2:30 pm in poor weather over Kent the tail unit failed, causing the aircraft to stall, which in turn caused the port wing to break away and the plane to crash. All the passengers fell from the aircraft through the hole ...
Sydney Johnson, the personal valet to erstwhile King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, did indeed work for Mohamed Al-Fayed. Johnson served as a butler for Al ...