#Her Royal Highness Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

[livinglikebritishroyalty]

𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝐸𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Wednesday, October 9th, 1935 at No. 3 Belgrave Square in London, England

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: His Royal Highness Prince George The Duke of Kent (Father) & Her Royal Highness Princess Marina Duchess of Kent (Mother)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Sister) & His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Brother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Her Royal Highness Katherine The Duchess of Kent (M. 1961)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: George Windsor Earl of St Andrews (Son), Lady Helen Taylor (Daughter), Lord Nicholas Windsor (Son), & Lord Patrick Windsor (Son: Stillborn on Wednesday, October 5th, 1977)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Ludgrove (In Berkshire, England), Eton College (In Berkshire, England), Institut Le Rosey (In Rolle, Switzerland), The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (In Berkshire, England)

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Interests: Armed Forces (Air Force, Allied Code-Breaking, Arms, Armour, Army, Artillery, Aviation, Blues and Royals, Children of Deployed Parents, Defense Studies, Fallen Soldiers, Lifeboat Services, Life Guards, Navigators, Navy, Pilots, Retired Service People, Security Studies, World War 1 & 2), Business (Business Leaders, Community Leaders, Investments, & Trade), Education (Electronics, Engineering, Chemistry, Global Aerospace, Heritage of Counties, Informational Technology, Science, & Vocational Training), Health (Apothecaries, Burn Treatment, Chest Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dentists, Doctors, Environmental Medicine, Heart Illness, Hospitals, Leukemia, Myalgic Encephalopathy, Occupational Medicine, Pharmacists, Plastic Surgery Treatment, Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome, Strokes, Surgical Research, & Veterinarians), Other (Agriculture, Conservation, Geography, & Railways/Trains), People (Boy Scouts, Civil Servants, Freemasons, Joint Cultures, Motor Safety, Polish People, Social Clubs, The Disabled, & Young People), Sports (Alpine Ski Racing, Bobsled, Cricket, Croquet, Falconry, Fishing, Golf, Hunting, Lawn Tennis, Race Car Driving, & Skiing), & The Arts (Art History, Broadcasters, Cloth-making, Dance, Journalism, Literature, Music, Opera Music, Photography, & Writers). Work: Associate Member of The International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain, Chancellor of The University of Surrey, Fellow of The Royal Society, Founding Member of The International Baccalaureate School, Freeman of The City of London, Freeman/Liveryman of The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, Freeman/Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Mercers, Gold Card Life Member of The The Children’s Charity Variety, Grand Master of The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Grand Master of The United Grand Lodge of England, Grand President of The Masonic Charitable Foundation, Honorary Chair of Gilwell Fellows, Honorary Doctor of Law of The University of Leeds, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of London Metropolitan University, Honorary Fellow of The Charted Management Institute, Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Honorary Fellow of The The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Aeronautical Society, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, Honorary Life Member of The Band of Brothers, Honorary Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, Honorary Liveryman/Assistant Emeritus of The Worshipful Company of Engineers, Honorary Member of Cambridge University’s Scientific Society, Honorary Member of The Guild of Motoring Writers Limited, Honorary Member of The Household Division Yacht Club, Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Honorary Member of The Royal Automobile Club, Honorary Member of The Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Member of The Work Foundation, Honorary Membership of The Old Wellingtonian Lodge, Honorary Preses of The Royal Caledonian Hunt, Honorary President of The Airlander Club, Honorary President of The Royal Geographical Society, Honorary President of The Royal United Services Institute International, High Steward of The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Joint Associate Member of The Lawn Tennis Association, Joint Patron of The Anglo-Jordanian Society, Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Salters, Master of The Lodge of Antiquity, Member of The Blue Seal Club, Member of The Countryside Alliance, Member of The Honourable Artillery Company, Member of The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, Patron of Bal Polski, Patron of Bloodwise, Patron of Boundless by CSMA, Patron of Buck’s Club, Patron of The Canterbury Cathedral Trust, Patron of The Catalogue Raisonne of Works by Philip de Laszlo M.V.O. P.R.B.A. 1969-1937, Patron of Combined Cavalry Old Comrades, Patron of Endeavor National Youth Organization, Patron of Everyone Can!, Patron of St. Mungo’s, Patron of The Army Winter Sports Association, Patron of The Bartok Festival, Patron of The Bletchley Park Trust, Patron of The British Computer Society, Patron of The Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust, Patron of The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Association, Patron of The Edge Foundation, Patron of The Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research, Patron of The Gallantry Medallists’ League, Patron of The Hanover Band, Patron of The Institute of Advanced Motorists, Patron of The Institute of Export, Patron of The Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Birmingham University, Patron of International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Patron of The Kandahar Ski Club, Patron of The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society, Patron of The Kent County Agricultural Society, Patron of The Kent County Cricket Club, Patron of The Lifeboat Fund, Patron of The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Patron of The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association, Patron of The National Army Museum, Patron of The Newbury Spring Festival, Patron of Opera North, Patron of The P.G. Wodehouse Society, Patron of The Polish Hearth Club (Ognisko Polskie), Patron of The Restore Burns and Wounds Research, Patron of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust, Patron of The Royal Armored Corps War Memorial Benevolent Fund, Patron of The Royal Institution of Australia, Patron of The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Patron of The Scots Guard Association, Patron of The Ski Club of Great Britain, Patron of The Society for Army Historical Research, Patron of The Staff College Club, Patron of The Supreme Council 33°, Patron of The Tank Museum, Patron of The Tree Council, Patron of Trinity College London, Patron of The Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Patron of The UK Friends of the Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Stiftung Foundation, Patron of The University of Surrey’s Postgraduate Medical School, Patron of The Watlington Hospital Charitable Trust, Patron of The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, Patron of Wigmore Hall, President In Chief of The British Racing Drivers’ Club, President of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, President of The Anmer Club, President of The Army and Navy Club, President of The Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, President of The Cavalry and Guards Club, President of The Chest/Heart/Stroke Medical Research Funds of Scotland, President of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, President of The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, President of The Engineering Council, President of The Football Association, President of The Henley Society, President of The King Edward’s VII’s Hospital (Sister Agnes), President of The King’s Lynn Festival Limited, President of The Noel Coward Society, President of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, President of The Royal Armories Development Trust, President of The Royal Choral Society, President of The Royal Institution of Great Britain, President of The Royal Nation Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), President of The Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies, President of The Scout Association, President of The Stroke Association, President of The Board of Trustees of The Imperial War Museum, President of The UK Trustees of The His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference Leaders, President of Wellington College, Royal Bencher of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Royal Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Member of The Royal Society Club, Royal Patron of The Admiral Ramsay Museum, Royal Patron of The American Air Museum in Britain, Royal Patron of The British-German Association, Royal Patron of The Dresden Trust, Royal Patron of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Royal Patron of The Last Night of the Proms in Crakow, Special Representative (Formerly a Vice-Chairman) for The United Kingdom’s International Trade & Investment, Vice-Chairman of The British Overseas Trade Board, Visitor of Cranfield University, & Visitor of The Centenary World Scout Jamboree.

[countvonreutern]

His Serene Highness Prince Joshua Count of Münnich and Reutern wishes his cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent a very happy birthday!

Princess Alexandra is a daughter of Prince George, The Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.

She is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, she is also a first cousin once removed of The Duke of Edinburgh, and a tenth cousin once removed of The Count of Münnich and Reutern.

[greekroyalfamily]

74 years since the wedding of HM Queen Elizabeth II of UK to HRH Prince Philipp Duke of Edinburg née Prince of Greece and Denmark

The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten took place on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. The bride was the elder daughter of King George VI and heir presumptive to the British throne. The groom was a former Greek and Danish prince. Philip had been made Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich on the morning of the wedding

Elizabeth and Philip are second cousins once removed (by descent from Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel) and third cousins (by descent from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert). Princess Elizabeth met Prince Philip in 1934, at the wedding of Philip's cousin Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke of Kent, paternal uncle of Elizabeth, and again in 1937. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth—though only 13 years old—fell in love with Philip and they began to exchange letters. An entry in Chips Channon's diary made reference to the future marriage of Elizabeth and Philip as early as 1941, "He is to be our Prince Consort, and that is why he is serving in our Navy. The couple became secretly engaged in 1946, when Philip asked King George VI for his daughter's hand in marriage. The King granted his request providing any formal engagement was delayed until Elizabeth's 21st birthday the following April. Their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947. Philip proposed to Elizabeth with a 3-carat round diamond ring consisting of "a centre stone flanked by 10 smaller pave diamonds." The diamonds were taken from a tiara that belonged to Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and were also used to create a quatrefoil bracelet for Elizabeth.

The King gave his formal consent to the marriage in his British Privy Council, in accordance with the Royal Marriages Act 1772. The same was done in Canada at a meeting of the King's Canadian Privy Council, with the Chief Justice of Canada, Thibaudeau Rinfret, standing in as deputy to the King's representative, the Governor General of Canada.

Before the wedding, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles, converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism and adopted the style "Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten", taking the surname of his mother's British family. The day before the wedding, King George bestowed the style "Royal Highness" and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, he was made the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, being already a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he bore the unusual style His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.

Upon their marriage, Elizabeth took the title of her husband and became Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh.

The King and Queen of the United Kingdom, the bride's parents

The Princess Margaret, the bride's sister

Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, the bride's paternal grandmother

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the bride's paternal uncle and aunt

Prince William of Gloucester, the bride's first cousin

Prince Richard of Gloucester, the bride's first cousin

The Duchess of Kent, the bride's paternal aunt by marriage (and the groom's first cousin)

The Duke of Kent, the bride's first cousin

Princess Alexandra of Kent, the bride's first cousin

Prince Michael of Kent, the bride's first cousin

The Princess Royal's family:

The Earl of Harewood, the bride's first cousin

The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, the bride's first cousin

The Earl of Southesk, widower of the bride's first cousin once removed

Lord Carnegie, the bride's second cousin

Princess Helena Victoria, the bride's and the groom's first cousin twice removed

Princess Marie Louise, the bride's and the groom's first cousin twice removed

Lady Patricia and The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, the bride's and the groom's first cousin twice removed and her husband

Alexander Ramsay of Mar, the bride's and the groom's second cousin once removed

The Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the bride's paternal great-uncle and great-aunt (also first cousin once removed to the bride and groom)

Lady May and Henry Abel Smith, the bride's first cousin once removed and her husband

Miss Anne Abel Smith, the bride's second cousin

Miss Elizabeth Abel Smith, the bride's second cousin

The Marquess and Marchioness of Cambridge, the bride's first cousin once removed and his wife

Lady Mary Cambridge, the bride's second cousin

The Duchess and Duke of Beaufort, the bride's first cousin once removed and her husband

Lady Helena Gibbs, the bride's first cousin once removed

Lady and Lord Elphinstone, the bride's maternal aunt and uncle

The Master of Elphinstone, the bride's first cousin

The Hon. Mrs. Jean Wills and Mr. John Wills, the bride's first cousin and her husband

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone, the bride's first cousin and his wife

The Hon. Miss Margaret Elphinstone, the bride's first cousin

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the bride's maternal uncle

The Hon. Mrs. John Bowes-Lyon, the bride's maternal aunt by marriage

Viscountess Anson, the bride's first cousin

Diana Bowes-Lyon, the bride's first cousin

The Countess and Earl Granville, the bride's maternal aunt and uncle

Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, the bride's first cousin

Lord Leveson, the bride's first cousin

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bowes-Lyon, the bride's maternal uncle and aunt

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. David Bowes-Lyon, the bride's maternal uncle and aunt

Groom's family

Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the groom's mother

The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, the groom's maternal grandmother

The Crown Princess and Crown Prince of Sweden, the groom's maternal aunt and uncle (representing King Gustav V)

The Marchioness of Milford Haven, the groom's maternal aunt by marriage

Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, the groom's first cousin

The Marquess of Milford Haven, the groom's first cousin

The Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the groom's maternal uncle and aunt

Lady and Lord Brabourne, the groom's first cousin and her husband

Lady Pamela Mountbatten, the groom's first cousin

The Queen and King of Yugoslavia, the groom's first cousin, once removed, and her husband

The Queen Mother of the Romanians, the groom's first cousin

The King of the Romanians, the groom's first cousin, once removed

The Queen of the Hellenes, wife of the groom's first cousin (representing the King of the Hellenes)

The Duchess of Aosta, the groom's first cousin

Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark and Major Richard Brandram, the groom's first cousin and her husband

Prince and Princess George of Greece and Denmark, the groom's paternal uncle and aunt

Princess Dominic Radziwiłł, the groom's first cousin

The King and Queen of Denmark, the groom's second cousin and his wife

The King of Norway, the groom's first cousin, once removed and the bride's paternal great-uncle by marriage

Princess Axel of Denmark, wife of the groom's first cousin, once removed

Prince George Valdemar of Denmark, the groom's second cousin

Prince Flemming Valdemar of Denmark, the groom's second cousin

Princess and Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, the groom's first cousin, once removed and her husband

Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, the groom's second cousin

Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, the groom's second cousin

The Marquess and Marchioness of Carisbrooke, the groom's first cousin once removed and the bride's first cousin twice removed, and his wife

Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, the groom's first cousin, once removed and the bride's first cousin twice removed

The Count and Countess of Barcelona, the groom's second cousin and his wife

The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the groom's third cousin, once removed (representing the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg)

Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, the groom's third cousin, once removed

Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

The Prince Regent of Belgium (representing the King of the Belgians)

Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (representing the Queen of the Netherlands)

The King of Iraq

The Duke of Windsor, the former king, was not invited, and his sister, Mary, Princess Royal, did not attend as she said she was ill (her husband, Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, had died six months before). Ronald Storrs claimed that the Princess Royal did not attend in protest over her brother's exclusion. So soon after the end of World War II, it was not acceptable for the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations, including Philip's three surviving sisters, to be invited to the wedding.

74 χρόνια από τον γάμο της ΑΜ Ελισσαβετ Β’ του ΗΒ και της ΑΒΥ Πρίγκιπα Φιλίππου του ΗΒ Δούκα του Εδιμβούργου πρώην Πρίγκιπα της Ελλάδος και Δανίας

Ο γάμος της πριγκίπισσας Ελισαβετ και του Πρίγκιπα Φιλίππου πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 20 Νοεμβρίου 1947 στο Westminster Abbey του Λονδίνου στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο. Η νύφη ήταν η μεγαλύτερη κόρη του βασιλιά Γεωργίου ΣΤ' και διάδοχος του βρετανικού θρόνου. Ο γαμπρός ήταν ο Φιλιππος πρώην πρίγκιπας της Ελλαδας και Δανίας Που είχε γίνει δούκας του Εδιμβούργου, κόμης της Μεριόνεθ και βαρόνος Γκρίνουιτς το πρωί του γάμου.

Η Ελισάβετ και ο Φίλιππος είναι δεύτερα ξαδέρφια (καταγωγή από τον Κρίστιαν Θ' της Δανίας και τη Λουίζα της Έσσης-Κάσσελ) και τρίτα ξαδέρφια (καταγωγή από τη βασίλισσα Βικτώρια και τον πρίγκιπα Αλβέρτο). Η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ γνώρισε τον πρίγκιπα Φίλιππο το 1934, στον γάμο της ξαδέρφης του Φιλίππου, Πριγκίπισσας Μαρίνας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας με τον πρίγκιπα Γεώργιο, δούκα του Κεντ, θείο της Ελισάβετ από τον πατέρα, και ξανά το 1937. Μετά από μια άλλη συνάντηση στο Βασιλικό Ναυτικό Κολλέγιο στο Ντάρτμουθ τον Ιούλιο Το 1939, η Ελίζαμπεθ —αν και μ��λις 13 ετών— ερωτεύτηκε τον Φίλιππο και άρχισαν να ανταλλάσσουν γράμματα. Μια καταχώριση στο ημερολόγιο του Chips Channon έκανε αναφορά στον μελλοντικό γάμο της Ελισάβετ και του Φίλιππου ήδη από το 1941, "Πρέπει να είναι ο Πρίγκιπας μας, και γι' αυτό υπηρετεί στο ναυτικό μας.

Το ζευγάρι αρραβωνιάστηκε κρυφά το 1946, όταν Ο Φίλιππος ζήτησε από τον βασιλιά Γεώργιο ΣΤ' το χέρι της κόρης του. Ο Βασιλιάς αποδέχθηκε το αίτημά του, εφόσον ο επίσημος αρραβώνας καθυστέρουσε μέχρι τα 21α γενέθλια της Ελισάβετ τον επόμενο Απρίλιο. Ο αρραβώνας τους ανακοινώθηκε επίσημα στις 9 Ιουλίου 1947. Ο Φίλιππος έκανε πρόταση γάμου στην Ελισάβετ με ένα 3 καρατίων στρογγυλό διαμαντένιο δαχτυλίδι που αποτελείται από "μια κεντρική πέτρα που πλαισιώνεται από 10 μικρότερα πλακόστρωτα διαμάντια." Τα διαμάντια ελήφθησαν από μια τιάρα που ανήκε στη μητέρα του Φιλίππου, την πριγκίπισσα Αλίκη της Ελλαδας Δανιας και Εδινβουργου και χρησιμοποιήθηκαν επίσης για τη δημιουργία ενός τετράφυλλου βραχιολιού για την Ελισάβετ.

Ο Βασιλιάς έδωσε την επίσημη συγκατάθεσή του για το γάμο στο Βρετανικό Μυστικό Συμβούλιο του, σύμφωνα με τον νόμο περί βασιλικών γάμων του 1772. Το ίδιο έγινε στον Καναδά σε μια συνεδρίαση του Καναδικού Συμβουλίου Μυστικών του Βασιλιά, με τον Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο του Καναδά, Thibaudeau Rinfret, ως αναπληρωτής του αντιπροσώπου του Βασιλιά, του Γενικού Κυβερνήτη του Καναδά.

Πριν από το γάμο, ο Φίλιππος απαρνήθηκε τον ελληνικό και τον δανικό τίτλο του, μετατράπηκε από την ελληνορθοδοξία στον αγγλικανισμό και υιοθέτησε το «Υπολοχαγός Philip Mountbatten», παίρνοντας το επίθετο της βρετανικής οικογένειας της μητέρας του. Την ημέρα πριν από το γάμο, ο Βασιλιάς Γεώργιος απένειμε το Βασιλική Υψηλότητα» και, το πρωί ��ου γάμου, στις 20 Νοεμβρίου 1947, έγινε Δούκας του Εδιμβούργου, κόμης της Μεριόνεθ και βαρόνος Γκρίνουιτς του Γκρίνουιτς στην Κομητεία του Λονδίνου. . Ως εκ τούτου, όντας ήδη Ιππότης της Καλτσοδέτας, μεταξύ 19 και 20 Νοεμβρίου 1947 έφερε το ασυνήθιστο τίτλο της Αυτού Βασιλικής Υψηλότητας Sir Philip Mountbatten και περιγράφεται έτσι στην Ευρεσιτεχνία Επιστολών της 20ης Νοεμβρίου 1947.

Μετά το γάμο τους, η Ελισάβετ πήρε τον τίτλο του συζύγου της και έγινε πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ, Δούκισσα του Εδιμβούργου.

Οι Συγγενείς της Νύφης

Ο βασιλιάς και η βασίλισσα του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου, οι γονείς της νύφης

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαργαρίτα, η αδερφή της νύφης

Η βασίλισσα Μαρία του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου, η γιαγιά της νύφης από τον πατέρα

Ο Δούκας και η Δούκισσα του Γκλόστερ, ο ��είος και η θεία της νύφης από τον πατέρα

Ο πρίγκιπας Γουίλιαμ του Γκλόστερ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Ο πρίγκιπας Ριχάρδος του Γκλόστερ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Η Δούκισσα του Κεντ, η θεία της νύφης από τον πατέρα (και η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού)

Ο Δούκας του Κεντ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Η πριγκίπισσα Αλεξάνδρα του Κεντ, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Ο Πρίγκιπας Μιχαήλ του Κεντ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Ο κόμης του Χάργουντ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Ο Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Ο κόμης του Southesk, χήρος της πρώτης ξαδέρφης της νύφης

Ο Λόρδος Κάρνεγκι, ο δεύτερος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Η πριγκίπισσα Helena Victoria, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης και του γαμπρού

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαρία Λουίζα, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης και του γαμπρού

Lady Patricia and Ο Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, πρώτη ξάδερφη της νύφης και του γαμπρού και ο σύζυγός της

Ο Alexander Ramsay του Mar, ο δεύτερος ξάδερφος της νύφης και του γαμπρού

Ο κόμης του Άθλον και η πριγκίπισσα Αλίκη, η κόμισσα του Άθλον, ο προπάππους και η προγιαγιά της νύφης από τον πατέρα (επίσης πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και του γαμπρού )

Η λαίδη Μέι και ο Χένρι Άμπελ Σμιθ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και ο σύζυγός της

Η μις Αν Άμπελ Σμιθ, η δεύτερη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Η δεσποινίς Ελίζαμπεθ Άμπελ Σμιθ, η δεύτερη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Η μαρκήσια και η Μαρκησιος του Κέιμπριτζ, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης και η γυναίκα του

Lady Mary Cambridge, η δεύτερη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Η Δούκισσα και Δούκας του Μποφόρ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και ο σύζυγός της

Η λαίδη Έλενα Γκιμπς, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Η Λαίδη και ο Λόρδος Έλφινστοουν, η θεία και ο θείος της νύφης

Ο Master of Elphinstone, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Η κυρία Jean Wills και ο κύριος John Wills, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και ο σύζυγός της

Ο κύριος και η κυρία Andrew Elphinstone, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και η γυναίκα του

Η δεσποινίς Margaret Elphinstone, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Ο κόμης του Στράθμορ και ο Κίνγκχορν, ο θείος της νύφης από τη μητέρα

Η κυρία John Bowes-Lyon, θεία της νύφης από τον γάμο

Η Viscountess Anson, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Diana Bowes-Lyon, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Η κόμισσα και ο κόμης Γκράνβιλ, η θεία και ο θείος της νύφης

Η λαίδη Mary Leveson-Gower, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Ο Λόρδος Λέβεσον, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης

Ο κύριος και η κυρία Michael Bowes-Lyon, ο θείος και η θεία της νύφης από τη μητέρα

Ο κύριος και η κυρία David Bowes-Lyon, ο θείος και η θεία της νύφης από τη μητέρα

Η οικογένεια του γαμπρού

ΗΠριγκίπισσα Αλικη της Ελλάδας Δανίας, και Μπατενμπεργκ μητέρα του γαμπρού

Η Χήρα Μαρκησία του Milford Haven, η γιαγιά του γαμπρού από τη μητέρα

Η διάδοχος και ο διάδοχος της Σουηδίας, η θεία και ο θείος του γαμπρού (που εκπροσωπεί τον βασιλιά Γουσταύο Ε')

Η Μαρκησία του Μίλφορντ Χέιβεν, η θεία του γαμπρού εξ αγχιστείας

Η λαίδη Τατιάνα Μαουντμπάτεν, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Η μαρκήσια του Μίλφορντ Χέιβεν, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Ο κόμης και η κόμισσα Μάουντμπατέν της Βιρμανίας, ο θείος και η θεία του γαμπρού

Η Λαίδη και ο Λόρδος Μπράμπουρν, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού και ο σύζυγός της

Η λαίδη Πάμελα Μαουντμπάτεν, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Η βασίλισσα και ο βασιλιάς της Γιουγκοσλαβίας, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού, και ο σύζυγός της

Η Βασίλισσα Μητέρα των Ρουμάνων, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Ο Βασιλιάς των Ρουμάνων, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού,

Η Βασίλισσα των Ελλήνων, σύζυγος του πρώτου ξαδέλφου του γαμπρού (που εκπροσωπεί τον Βασιλιά των Ελλήνων)

Η Δούκισσα της Αόστα, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Πριγκίπισσα Αικατερίνη της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και ο Ταγματάρχης Ρίτσαρντ Μπράντραμ, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού και ο σύζυγός της

Πρίγκιπας και πριγκίπισσα Γεώργιος και Μαρια (Βοναπάρτη )της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, ο θείος και η θεία του γαμπρού

Η πριγκίπισσα Dominic Radziwiłł, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Ο βασιλιάς και η βασίλισσα της Δανίας, ο δεύτερος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού και η γυναίκα του

Ο βασιλιάς της Νορβηγίας, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού,

Η πριγκίπισσα Άξελ της Δανίας, σύζυγος του πρώτου ξαδέλφου του γαμπρού,

Ο πρίγκιπας Γεώργιος Βλαδίμηρος της Δανίας, δεύτερος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού

Πρίγκιπας Φλέμινγκ Βλαδίμηρος της Δανίας, δεύτερος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού

Η πριγκίπισσα και ο πρίγκιπας Ρενέ των Bourbon-Parma, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού, και ο σύζυγός της

Πριγκίπισσα Άννα των Μπουρμπόν-Πάρμα, δεύτερη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού

Πρίγκιπας Michel of Bourbon-Parma, ο δεύτερος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού

Η μαρκήσια και η Μαρκισιος του Carisbrooke, ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού και πρώτος ξάδερφος της νύφης και η γυναίκα του

Η βασίλισσα Βικτωρια Ευγενία της Ισπανίας, η πρώτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού, πρώτη ξαδέρφη της νύφης

Ο Κόμης και η Κόμισσα της Βαρκελώνης, ο δεύτερος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού και η γυναίκα του

Ο Μέγας Δούκας του Λουξεμβούργου, ο τρίτος ξάδερφος του γαμπρού, (που αντιπροσωπεύει τη Μεγάλη Δούκισσα του Λουξεμβούργου)

Η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ του Λουξεμβούργου, η τρίτη ξαδέρφη του γαμπρού,

Πρίγκιπας Τόμισλαβ της Γιουγκοσλαβίας

Πρίγκιπας Ανδρέας της Γιουγκοσλαβίας

Ο Πρίγκιπας Αντιβασιλέας του Βελγίου (που εκπροσωπεί τον Βασιλιά των Βελγών)

Η πριγκίπισσα Juliana και ο πρίγκιπας Bernhard της Ολλανδίας (που εκπροσωπεί τη βασίλισσα της Ολλανδίας)

Ο Βασιλιάς του Ιράκ

Ο Δούκας του Ουίνδσορ, ο πρώην βασιλιάς, δεν προσκλήθηκε και η αδερφή του, η Μαρία, η πριγκίπισσα Ρόγιαλ, δεν παρευρέθηκε καθώς είπε ότι ήταν άρρωστη (ο σύζυγός της, Ερρίκος Λασκέλες, 6ος κόμης του Χάργουντ, είχε πεθάνει έξι μήνες πριν). Ο Ρόναλντ Στορς ισχυρίστηκε ότι η πριγκίπισσα Βασιλική δεν παρευρέθηκε σε ένδειξη διαμαρτυρίας για τον αποκλεισμό του αδελφού της. Έτσι, αμέσως μετά το τέλος του Β' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου, δεν ήταν αποδεκτό οι Γερμανοί συγγενείς του Δούκα του Εδιμβούργου, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των τριών επιζώντων αδελφών του Φίλιππου, που είχαν παντρευτεί και οι τρεις Γερμανους Πριγκιπες να προσκληθούν στον γάμο.

[duchessofostergotlands]

Hey I have a question. If a deposed royal (a woman) of some country ( which has legally stripped the royals of their title) marries into the BRF would she be recognized as a princess by the brf, or made a princess, or would she be treated as a title-less individual (the question is strictly in regards to titles only). P.S :- sorry for the bad english

Hello :) Your English is wonderful! No need to apologise.

It shouldn’t really matter. If she is moving to another country to be with her husband then she will more than likely go by whatever title he has. Princess Marina was known as the Duchess of Kent throughout her marriage. She was given special permission to go as Princess Marina as a widow and her existing title meant that decision was not considered a huge deal but it has since been extended to royal widows who weren’t born princesses like Princess Alice. Titles pre-war are always a little murky but to use a random non British example, Marina’s mother was born a Grand Duchess of Russia and an Imperial Highness so her birth title was actually higher than the Princess of Greece title she got when she married. But her Greek burial plot refers to her as “Helen, Princess Nicholas of Greece, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess of Denmark.” She didn’t lose her title as such but she was known first and foremost as Princess Nicholas. And Elena was alive when the Russian Imperial Family was ousted so after her marriage was part of a deposed royal family while Marina was 11 when the Greeks were first kicked out and they weren’t reinstated (briefly) until after her marriage so she was also from a deposed family. Basically it shouldn’t really matter what title they had, all wives who marry a royal and move to that country should be using the title of their new home.

The only time I think it would be mentioned would be in communications around the wedding - like how they would release statements about Miss Catherine Middleton doing such and such. I would expect they would use the title and my opinion is based on what they did in situations like Philip’s funeral or the royal wedding. His German relatives are using titles that do not really mean anything but the Brits still used them in press releases and in the official guest list for William and Kate’s wedding they referred to Constantine as King of the Hellenes, which he is not.

[royalpain16]

On 30 June 1978, Prince Michael of Kent, the younger brother the Duke of Kent, wed Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz. ... Prince Michael of Kent and Marie-Christine von Reibnitz married in a civil ceremony at Vienna's Rathaus (City Hall) in Austria.

Michael is the paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and Marie Christine is of German, Austrian and Hungarian noble descent. She is the only daughter of Silesian nobleman Baron Gunther von Reibnitz and his Austro-Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Szapáry de Muraszombath.

The marriage made headlines at the time because Marie Christine von Reibnitz was not only a Roman Catholic but also a divorcée. Marie Christine was previously married to banker Thomas Troubridge, and the two separated in 1973 and divorced in 1977. The marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church a year later and just two weeks before she married Prince Michael.

Michael proposed to Marie Christine with a two-stone sapphire-and-diamond ring with a very personal touch. It was made from gems that belonged to his late mother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (who was born a princess of Greece and Denmark).

Prince Michael of Kent and Marie-Christine von Reibnitz married in a civil ceremony at Vienna’s Rathaus (City Hall) in Austria. However, royal representation was limited. The groom’s brother, the Duke of Kent, and his sister, Princess Alexandra, attended as did Princess Anne and Lord Mountbatten. The couple later received a blessing of their marriage in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 29 June 1983 at the Archbishop’s House in London.

For the reception held after the wedding, Marie Christine wore the City of London Fringe Tiara and a 70s style dress. Upon marriage, she was accorded the style and title of Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, the female equivalent of her husband’s title.

Under the Act of Settlement 1701, a bill passed by Parliament ensuring that only Protestants could ascend to the throne, Michael forfeited his place in line of succession to marry a Roman Catholic. However, the Prince was later reinstated after the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. This bill altered the laws of succession to the throne and famously ensured that the eldest child, regardless of sex, precedes his or her younger brothers and sisters.

Prince and Princess of Michael of Kent’s children are members of the Church of England and have been in the line of succession since birth. Lord Frederick Windsor was born 6 April 1979 at St Mary’s Hospital in London; his sister, Lady Gabriella Kingston, was born at the same hospital on 23 April 1981.

Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English freelance writer and a member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 55th in the line of succession to the British throne.

Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor (born 6 April 1979) is a British financial analyst, and the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. He is married to British actress Sophie Winkleman. He is currently 52nd in the line of succession to the British throne. He is president of Soldier On!, a charity for the professional development of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.

[vereintenkraften]

One of my favorite Lazslo portraits of all time has to be the one of the Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, future Princess of Greece and Denmark. She is definitely a... character.

Elena was obsessed with status, in a way that was inappropriate for a late nineteenth century monarch. She lived in the shadow of the rivalry between her mother Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, known as Miechen, and the Empress Maria Feodorovna. In a way, her mother imported on her her worst traits. A chronic gambler with great social wits but a sense of self-aggrandizement, Miechen was the original wearer of the Vladimir Tiara now in the British Royal Family’s possession.

She married the Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, though Miechen did not desire the match, and would only allow it when it became clear Elena was getting somewhat old. The two held deep and genuine affection for each other. As wife to the third son of George I of Greece and his wife Olga Constantinovna of Russia, she was junior to the wife of George’s second son Prince George, the Princess Marie Bonaparte - like other Imperial French princes, she did not use a toponymic, but her father held the title of “Prince of Canino and Musignano”. This angered Elena greatly.

Marie Bonaparte herself deserves a bit of an explanation. She was not from the same imperial branch of the family as Napoleon III, but rather, her ancestor was Napoleon’s younger brother Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano in the napoleonic aristocracy. His youngest son, Pierre Bonaparte, was heavily involved with socialist politics and did not use his princely honor to which he was entitled. He married Eleanore Justine Ruflin, a peasant girl and daughter of a plumber, a union that was deemed morganatic. Eventually, Napoleon III would warm up to the couple, and give them back their princely titles - Pierre was also the last member of the Canino and Musignano branch as his father and elder brothers had all passed away.

Pierre and Eleanore’s son Roland married Marie-Felix Blanc, an immensely wealthy bourgeois girl whose father was the owner of a gambling empire, up to and including establishments in Monaco. Roland lived a simplistic life as a scientist, and the marriage was considered to be a good match for him. Marie is daughter of that couple. She inherited her father’s intellectual curiosity and was an early proponent of psychoanalysis and personal friend of Sigmund Freud. George I of Greece had been impressed by Roland and agreed to a marriage between their children, and his son George married Marie in this manner. The marriage was troubled in ways that warrant its own post.

Elena was horrified at the thought of being junior to Marie, and had not only refused to greet her, but allegedly at one point drew back her skirt to avoid touching her, a granddaughter of a socialist, a peasant, and a most unchristian gambler (which is a tad ironic given Miechen’s behavior). She wasn’t too keen on Alice of Battenberg either, who was of morganatic descent. Elena’s life was soon made difficult when much of her family died in Russia and Greece became a republic. The couple were forced to move to Paris, where, luckily for them, the couple lived a comfortable life due to Nicholas’ artistic talent. He had a healthy influx of commissions for his paintings, signed as “Nicolas Leprince”, and the auction of some of Elena’s jewels also kept the two as respected members of Paris’ high society. Their daughter would become the well-known Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, mother of the Duke of Kent and the Prince Michael of Kent.

[mea-gloria-fides]

Arms of Her Royal Highness Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent

[thepompandcircumstance]

ETYMOLOGY: Helen

The name Helen is one famous for the most beautiful woman in the world—Helen of Troy.

In nobility, such a name is common in Hellenic descendants. It is written in Modern Greek as Ἑλένη, and means “bright light.” Its french form Hélène is also used.

Here are a handful of royal women bearing this name:

Her Majesty Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania [mother of King Michael I, last King of Romania]

Her Imperial & Royal Highness Princess Helen of Greece, also known as GD Elena Vladimirovna [she also went by Helena, Helene, Ellen, Yelena, Hélène, or Eleni]

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy [only daughter of Princess Marina and Prince George]

Her Royal Highness Princess Hélène of Orleans, Duchess of Aosta [the woman whose name Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, exclaimed in his deathbed]

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History 25 December 1936 ◼ Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy was born. ◼ 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 & Queen Mary) & Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece & Denmark & Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. ◼ She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra; her grandmother, Princess Nicholas of Greece & Denmark; & both of her maternal aunts, Countess Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach & Princess Paul of Yugoslavia. She received the name Christabel because she was born on Christmas Day, like her aunt by marriage, 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. Secretary Sir John Simon was present & was the last to do this. ◼ 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 & Princess Margaret, her uncle the Duke of Gloucester, her father the Duke of Kent, & her elder brother Prince Edward. She was born two weeks after the abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII. #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1936 #PrincessAlexandra #LadyOgilvy #TheHonourableLadyOgilvy #HouseofWindsor #RoyalFamily #BritishMonarchy #D25Dec #Royalhistory #onthisday #instahistory #instaroyals #History #Belgravesquare #London (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gvt32Ab3y/?igshid=x7adjyxkzyfj

[europeansroyals]

#TheRoyalBirthday today 22 February 2022, It's the Birthday of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent, she turns 89. _ Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley; 22 February 1933, is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.Worsley met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while he was based at Catterick Camp. On 8 June 1961, the couple married at York Minster, the first royal marriage in that location in 633 years (the last one being between Edward III and Philippa of Hainault). The bride's father escorted her, and the best man was Edward's brother Prince Michael of Kent. Princess Anne was one of the bridesmaids. The Archbishop of York Michael Ramsey conducted the marriage service. The couple have three children: George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 26 June 1962); Lady Helen Taylor (born 28 April 1964); and Lord Nicholas Windsor (born 25 July 1970). #thebritishroyalfamily #theduchessofKent #thedukeandduchessofkent #familyofkent (em Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSlS-SlyT6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[livinglikebritishroyalty]

𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒜𝓁𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓇𝒶

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Friday, December 25th, 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: Her Royal Highness Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (Mother) & His Royal Highness George Edward Alexander Edmund The Duke of Kent (Father)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: His Royal Highness Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick The Duke of Kent (Brother) & His Royal Highness Prince Michael George Charles Franklin of Kent (Brother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: The Right Honourable Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (M. 1963)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (Son) & Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (Daughter)

♕ 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: Flora Alexandra Ogilvy (Granddaughter), Alexander Charles Ogilvy (Grandson), Zenouska May Mowatt (Grandaughter), & Christian Alexander Mowatt (Grandson)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Heathfield School & Great Ormond Street Hospital

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Patron of The Alexandra House, President of The Alexandra Rose Charity, Royal Patron of The Alzheimer's Society, Patron of The Anchor Hanover, Royal Patron of The Arundel Museum, Patron of The Belted Galloway Cattle Society, Patron of BEN, Patron of The Blackie Foundation, Patron of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Patron of The British Goat Society, Patron of The British Home, Patron of The British School at Rome, Royal Patron of The British Skin Foundation, Joint President of Cancer Research UK, President of The Care for Veterans, Patron of The Cassel Hospital Trust, Royal-Patron of The Children & Families Across Borders, Royal Patron of The Chopin Society, Freeman of The City of Lancaster, Freeman of The City of London, Royal Patron of CORDA, Royal Patron of The CPotential Trust, Patron of Crisis UK, Patron of Cumbria Museum of Military Life, Patron of The Durham Light Infantry Association, ROYAL PATRON of The Dystonia Society, Patron of The English National Opera, Royal Patron of The FitzRoy Support, President of The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust, Royal Patron of The Florence Nightingale Foundation, Patron of The Florence Nightingale Museum Trust, Vice-President of The Foundation of the College of St George, Patron of The Friends of Lancaster Concerts, President of The Friends of the Elderly, Patron of The Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, Patron of The Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets, Patron of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Patron of The Guideposts Trust Limited, Royal Patron of Guts UK, Royal Patron of The Holly Ledge Centre, Patron of Home-Start UK, Patron of The House of St. Barnabus, Royal Patron of The Independent Age (Officially: The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association), Patron of The Jacob Sheep Society, Patron of The Kew Guild, Patron of The Leeds Castle Foundation, Patron of The Light Infantry Club, Patron of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Patron of The London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Patron of The Masterpiece London, Patron of The Mental Health Foundation, Patron of Mind (The National Association for Mental Health), Honorary Member of The Moroccan British Society, Royal Patron of The Museum of Richmond, Royal Patron of The Music for Life at Wigmore Hall, Patron of Nature in Art, Patron of The New Bridge Foundation, Royal Patron of The Oxford Philharmonic Trust, President of The Partners for Change Ethiopia, Patron of The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust, Patron of The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, Patron of The Perennial - Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society, President of Queen Alexandra's House Association, Patron of The Queen Mother's Clothing Guild, Patron of Queen Victoria's Seamen's Rest, PATRON of The Richmond Fellowship, Royal Patron of The Rockinghorse Children's Charity, Honorary Patron of The Royal Academy America, Patron of The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Grand President of The Royal British Legion Scotland Women's Section, Patron of The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Patron of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, President of The Royal Humane Society, Vice Patron of The Royal Over-Seas League, Patron of The Ruskin Foundation, Royal Patron of The Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land, Patron of The Scottish Artists Benevolent Association, Patron of The Sightsavers (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind), Patron of St Christopher's Hospice, Patron of St Mary's Convent and Nursing Home, Patron of The Starlight Children's Foundation, Patron of The Tavistock Clinic, Deputy President of The British Red Cross Society, Honorary Member of the General Council of The King’s Fund, Honorary Life Member of The Royal Air Force Club, Vice President of The Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, President of The Royal Star and Garter Homes, Royal Honorary Freeman of The Worship Company of Barbers, Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, Patron of Thrive, Patron of Toynbee Hall, Patron of The United Kingdom Falklands Islands Trust, Patron of St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital Trust, & Vice Patron of The Young Women's Trust (YWCA England & Wales).

[countvonreutern]

His Serene Highness The Count of Münnich and Reutern wishes his cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent a very happy birthday!

Princess Alexandra is a daughter of TRH Prince George, The Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. 

She is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, she is also a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, and tenth cousin once removed of His Serene Highness Prince Joshua Count of Münnich and Reutern.

[greekroyalfamily]

Happy 50th birthday to HRH Princess Olga of Greece ,Savoy -Aosta Duchess of Apulia

Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia (née: Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece, born 17 November 1971 is the daughter of author Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Marina Karella, an artist and daughter of the Greek business magnate Theodore Karella. Princess Olga is the wife of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia.

Princess Olga grew up in Paris and New York, spending summers at the family's island retreat at Patmos, Greece. She chose to attend boarding school in England, studied history in Rome, and is a graduate of Princeton University. She also holds a degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Although Olga worked for a while in interior decoration, she went to Panama to photograph and study phalaena. Later, as a lepidopterist, she helped to set up and then worked in the Liquid Jungle Lab in Panama in co-operation with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is also a journalist and filmmaker.

Unlike other members of the Greek Royal Family, she was not deemed a full member of the Greek royal house under the monarchy, despite being born of a marriage recognized by King Constantine II of Greece .

As daughters of a non-dynastic marriage, she and her elder sister, Princess Alexandra, are not accorded the traditional style of Royal Highness, nor do they bear the titular suffix of Denmark

Her engagement to Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia, son of Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, was announced in May 2005. Aimone and Olga are second cousins; both being great-grandchildren of the French pretender Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise. They are also second cousins-once-removed, as George I of Greece is Aimone's great-great-grandfather and Olga's great-grandfather. Olga's father, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Aimone's late paternal grandmother, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (née Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark), and The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), were all first cousins.

The couple wed, after a three-year engagement, on 16 September 2008 at the Italian embassy in Moscow, the city in which Aimone is employed. Their religious marriage took place on 27 September at Patmos, where it was expected that the Patriarchal Exarch of Patmos, Archimandrite Andipas Nikitaras, would preside at the Church of the Evangelismos of the Virgin Mary at Pano Kambos, with a reception following on the site of a former school. Since the Second Vatican Council marriages celebrated according to the rite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, to which the exarchate belongs, may be recognized as canonically valid. A canonical dispensation was obtained from the Catholic Archbishop of Moscow, Mons. Paolo Pezzi, who was the local Ordinary of prince Aimone.

Present for the nuptials in Patmos were several members of Olga's paternal family, including Queen Sofia of Spain (née Princess of Greece and Denmark), King Constantine II of the Hellenes and his consort Queen Anne Marie (née Princess of Denmark), Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Marina (bride's parents), and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. With the exception of 78-year-old Margherita, Dowager Archduchess of Austria-Este (née Princess of Savoy-Aosta), all members of the Aosta branch of the House of Savoy were in attendance, i.e. Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 5th Duke of Aosta (bridegroom's father) and his consort, Princess Silvia, Duchess of Aosta, Princess Claude of Orléans (aka Princess of France, bridegroom's mother), as well as Aimone's two full sisters, Princess Bianca Countess Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Princess Mafalda Madame Lombardo di San Chirico, as well as Maria-Cristina (née Princess of Savoy-Aosta) and her husband Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. From the senior branch of the Italian royal family Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (daughter of the late King Umberto II of Italy) was present, as she had been at the Athens wedding of Olga's parents in 1965.

On 7 March 2009, Princess Olga gave birth to a son named Umberto in Paris, France. On 24 May 2011 in Paris, Olga gave birth to another son, named Amedeo Michele. A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather. On 14 December 2012, Olga gave birth to a baby daughter, Isabella Vita Marina, in Paris, France.

Χρόνια πολλά για τα 50ά γενέθλια στην ABY Πριγκίπισσα Όλγα της Ελλάδας, Σαβοΐας Αοστης - Δούκισσα της Απουλίας

Η πριγκίπισσα Όλγα, Ισαβελα γεννημένη στις 17 Νοεμβρίου 1971 είναι κόρη του συγγραφέα Πρίγκιπα Μιχαήλ της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και της συζύγου του, Μαρίνα Καρέλλα, καλλιτέχνη και κόρη του Έλληνα μεγιστάνα των επιχειρήσεων Θεόδωρου Καρέλλα. Η Πριγκίπισσα Όλγα είναι σύζυγος του πρίγκιπα Αιμόνε της Σαβοΐας-Αόστα, δούκα της Απουλίας.

Η πριγκίπισσα Όλγα μεγάλωσε στο Παρίσι και τη Νέα Υόρκη, περνώντας τα καλοκαίρια στην Πάτμο, Ελλάδα. Επέλεξε να σπουδάσει οικοτροφείο στην Αγγλία, σπούδασε ιστορία στη Ρώμη και είναι απόφοιτος του Πανεπιστημίου Πρίνστον. Είναι επίσης κάτοχος πτυχίου από τη Σχολή Αρχιτεκτονικής, Σχεδιασμού και Συντήρησης του Πανεπιστημίου Κολούμπια. Αν και η Όλγα δούλεψε για λίγο στην εσωτερική διακόσμηση, πήγε στον Παναμά για να φωτογραφίσει και να μελετήσει τη phalaena. Αργότερα, ως λεπιδοπτέρας, βοήθησε στη δημιουργία και στη συνέχεια εργάστηκε στο Liquid Jungle Lab στον Παναμά σε συνεργασία με το Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute και το Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Είναι επίσης δημοσιογράφος και σκηνοθέτης.

Σε αντίθεση με άλλα μέλη της Ελληνικής Βασιλικής Οικογένειας, δεν θεωρήθηκε πλήρες μέλος του ελληνικού βασιλικ��ύ οίκου παρά το γεγονός ότι γεννήθηκε από γάμο που είχε αναγνωρίσει ο βασιλιάς Κωνσταντίνος Β' της Ελλάδας.

Ως κόρες ενός μη δυναστικού γάμου, αυτή και η μεγαλύτερη αδερφή της, η πριγκίπισσα Αλεξάνδρα, δεν έχουν το παραδοσιακό στυλ της Βασιλικής Υψηλότητας, ούτε φέρουν το επίθημα του τίτλου της Δανίας

Ο αρραβώνας της με τον πρίγκιπα Αιμόνε της Σαβοΐας, Δούκα της Απουλίας, γιο του Αμεντέο, 5ου Δούκα της Αόστα, ανακοινώθηκε τον Μάιο του 2005.

ΟΑιμόνεκαι η Όλγα είναι δεύτερα ξαδέρφια. Και οι δύο ήταν δισέγγονα του Γάλλου Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise. Είναι επίσης δεύτερα ξαδέρφια καθώς ο Γεώργιος Α' της Ελλάδας είναι ο προπάππους του Αιμόνε και ο προπάππους της Όλγας. Ο πατέρας της Όλγας, Πρίγκιπας Μιχαήλ της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, η αείμνηστη γιαγιά του Αιμόνε από τον πατέρα, η πριγκίπισσα Ειρήνη, Δούκισσα της Αόστα πριγκίπισσα της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και ο Πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος, Δούκας του Εδιμβούργου (γεννηθείς Πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας), ήταν όλα τα πρώτα ξαδέρφια.

Το ζευγάρι παντρεύτηκε, μετά από τρία χρόνια αρραβώνα, στις 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008 στην ιταλική πρεσβεία στη Μόσχα, την πόλη στην οποία εργάζεται ο Αιμόνε .

Ο θρησκευτικός τους γάμος τελέστηκε στις 27 Σεπτεμβρίου στην Πάτμο, όπου προεξάρχει ο Πατριαρχικός Έξαρχος Πάτμου Αρχιμανδρίτης Αντίπας Νικηταράς στον Ιερό Ναό Ευαγγελισμού της Παναγίας στον Πάνω Κάμπο, με δεξίωση στον χώρο του πρώην σχολείου.

Από τη Β' Σύνοδο του Βατικανού οι γάμοι που τελούνται σύμφωνα με το τυπικό του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, στο οποίο ανήκει η εξαρχία, μπορούν να αναγνωριστούν ως κανονικά έγκυροι. Μια κανονική απονομή ελήφθη από τον Καθολικό Αρχιεπίσκοπο Μόσχας Μον. Paolo Pezzi, ο οποίος ήταν ο τοπικός κανονικός του πρίγκιπα Aimone.

Παρόντες στους γάμους στην Πάτμο ήταν αρκετά μέλη της πατρικής οικογένειας της Όλγας, μεταξύ των οποίων η βασίλισσα Σοφία της Ισπανίας (πριγκίπισσας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας), ο βασιλιάς των Ελλήνων Κωνσταντίνος Β' και η σύζυγός του Βασίλισσα Άννα Μαρία (Πριγκιπας και Πριγκίπισσα της Δανίας), ο Πρίγκιπας Μιχαήλ Ελλάδας και Δανίας και η σύζυγός του Μαρίνα (γονείς της νύφης) και η πριγκίπισσα Ειρήνη της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας. Με εξαίρεση την 78χρονη Margherita, Χήρα Archduchess of Austria-Este (née Princess of Savoy-Aosta), συμμετείχαν όλα τα μέλη του κλάδου της Aosta του Οίκου της Savoy, δηλαδή ο πρίγκιπας Amedeo της Savoy, 5ος δούκας της Ο Αόστα (πατέρας του γαμπρού) και η σύζυγός του, η πριγκίπισσα Σίλβια, η Δούκισσα της Αόστα, η πριγκίπισσα Κλοντ της Ορλεάνης (γνωστή και ως Πριγκίπισσα της Γαλλίας, μητέρα του γαμπρού), καθώς και οι δύο πλήρεις αδερφές του Αιμόνε, η πριγκίπισσα Μπιάνκα, η κόμισσα Αρριβάμπεν Βαλέντι Γκονζάγκα και ο Πρίγκιπας Σαν Κ��ρικο, καθώς και η Μαρία-Κριστίνα (το γένος Πριγκίπισσα της Σαβοΐας-Αόστα) και ο σύζυγός της Πρίγκιπας Κασίμιρ των Βουρβόνων-Δύο Σικελιών. Από τον ανώτερο κλάδο της ιταλικής βασιλικής οικογένειας ήταν παρούσα η πριγκίπισσα Μαρία Γαβριέλλα της Σαβοΐας (κόρη του αείμνηστου βασιλιά της Ιταλίας Ουμβέρτου Β'), καθώς είχε βρεθεί στον γάμο των γονιών της Όλγας στην Αθήνα το 1965.

Στις 7 Μαρτίου 2009, η πριγκίπισσα Όλγα γέννησε έναν γιο που ονομάστηκε Umberto στο Παρίσι της Γαλλίας. Στις 24 Μαΐου 2011 στο Παρίσι, η Όλγα γέννησε έναν άλλο γιο, τον Amedeo Michele. Μια μέρα μετά τη γέννησή του στον Αμεντέο απονεμήθηκε ο τίτλος Δούκας των Αμπρούτζι από τον παππού του. Στις 14 Δεκεμβρίου 2012, η ​​Όλγα γέννησε μια κόρη, την Isabella Vita Marina, στο Παρίσι της Γαλλίας.

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Meghan Markle: Prince Harry not the only 'spare' to the heir to choose an unconventional bride

By Jane Connors

Updated May 18, 2018 06:51:51

Photo: Prince Harry is being married in the spotlight but his wedding will be a more relaxed affair. (Twitter: Kensington Palace)

In faraway centuries, when a sweating sickness could carry off a healthy young man in the course of an afternoon, a monarch would be desperate for a second son — an heir and a spare.

In more recent times, the British Royal family has, if anything, overproduced. George III fathered no fewer than nine sons. Queen Victoria managed four. Edward VII had two and was succeeded by the second. His degenerate elder son, once suspected as the alter-ego of Jack the Ripper, fortuitously died from the flu in 1891. George V and his wife Queen Mary — his late brother’s former fiancee — had five boys, the eldest of whom, Edward VIII, called upon the spare to step up and take his place in 1937.

Prince Harry started life as the understudy but has now slipped down the line of succession to sixth and it seems unlikely he’ll be needed.

This has taken some pressure off his wedding, but even secondary princes get married under the spotlight.

As the 19th century constitutional lawyer Walter Bagehot wrote: “A princely marriage is a brilliant edition of a universal fact” and is a product of its times. But maybe there is something for Harry and Meghan to take away from some who went before them.

Controversial brides and disgruntled families

For example, they could look to Queen Victoria’s second son, Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, who had a big year in 1868. He survived an assassination attempt in Sydney in March and shortly after fell in love with Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Neither family was happy and negotiations stalled for several years, but the young couple insisted and were finally married in 1874.

Photo: Prince Alfred married Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia; neither family was pleased. (Royal Collection Trust)

Maria’s father, Alexander II refused to travel to Scotland for the wedding and Victoria thought the compromise suggestion of Cologne was ‘impertinent’, so the ceremony was held in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg without the mother of the groom.

The service was extremely grand, involving Orthodox and Church of England rituals, and the bride wore crimson velvet trimmed with ermine. But it wouldn’t be a happy marriage.

The Grand Duchess was miserable in England, where she had to cede precedence to her sisters-in-law, and insisted on returning to the continent.

Pared back ceremony for the spare

Alfred’s great nephew Albert (Duke of York and later George VI) made a happier union in 1923, when he married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, straight from Glamis Castle in Scotland. The shine had come off European royalty after World War I, and the Windsors were on the hunt for an all-English rose.

Photo: The Duchess of York’s wedding dress was described by press as the simplest royal wedding dress ever made. (Royal Collection Trust)

Royal weddings to this point had been private, conducted in chapels on secluded estates, but because of the post-war blues, and the feeling that the British public could do with some fun, this one took place in Westminster Abbey.

The newly-established BBC was keen to broadcast the service, but it was a bridge too far for both the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Archbishop was particularly worried that men drinking in public houses might listen without their hats on.

There was intense speculation about the wedding dress. The bride chose ivory chiffon moire for the fabric, dyed to match her veil, appliqued with gold and silver lame and beads. It had a lace train from the shoulders and another from the hips. It was described in the papers as the simplest royal wedding dress ever made.

With the unemployment statistics in mind, the King requested a simple menu of salmon, asparagus and lamb, and the cake was merely 9 feet high. Prince Harry and Ms Markle are also planning a modest spread.

Marrying foreigners

The next brother to marry was George, Duke of Kent, in 1934. Foreign princesses had come back into vogue, and he imported Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, first cousin of the future Duke of Edinburgh.

Photo: Prince George sought a foreign princess. He married the glamorous Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. (Royal Collection Trust)

Marina was extremely glamourous. She was svelte and sophisticated, and spoke French, German, Greek, Russian, English and Italian. Her wedding dress was very chic, silver and white with a cowl neckline, and sewn, at her request, by refugee seamstresses from her mother’s homeland, Russia.

The wedding took place in the Abbey in front of 1500 guests and the bridal party travelled back to Buckingham Palace in a parade of glass carriages.

It was estimated that 500,000 people lined the streets, which had been decorated with 50,000 flags and 30 miles of flowers. The cake on this occasion weighed 800 pounds and had taken a company of Scottish bakers six weeks to prepare.

Adventurous brides

The following year, an earlier Harry (Henry, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the Queen) exercised the greater latitude allowed to younger sons by marrying Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott.

This Harry definitely had a thing for adventurous women. Not that long before his marriage, he had a rip-roaring affair with Kenya-based aviator Beryl Markham, the first person to fly non-stop from London to New York and the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. It was said that the King had to pay her a hefty sum to stop her from spilling the beans.

The Duke then turned his attentions to Lady Alice, who had also lived in Kenya and travelled widely through Africa and Afghanistan, often in male clothing.

Almost as old as Meghan Markle, Alice was 34 when she married and gave her age as the reason for vetoing white.

She married instead in pearl pink satin with orange blossoms at the neck. Because her father had recently died, the wedding took place privately at Buckingham Palace, but the couple did appear on the balcony.

No kissing in those days, of course, but the Gloucesters, who lived here later as Governor-General and wife for several years in the 1940s, were thought to have a happy marriage.

There’s a cultural trajectory in here somewhere, of course, in the marital choices of junior princes, all the way from a Russian Grand Duchess to an American actress. Or is it all in the size of the cake?

Dr Jane Connors is the author of Royal Visits to Australia.

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When Orson Welles Met H.G. Wells: Two Years After The War of the Worlds Panic, the Two Icons Finally Met

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In February 2017, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee, marking her 65-year reign as Queen of England. Her Majesty surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, as Britain’s longest-ruling monarch, and now also holds the title of the world’s longest-reigning monarch. Here are 25 more royal facts about Queen Elizabeth.

1. SHE WASN’T BORN AN HEIR APPARENT TO THE THRONE.

For the first 10 years of her life, Princess Elizabeth was a relatively minor royal—her status was akin to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York today—but that all changed with the death of her grandfather, King George V, in 1936.

The next in the line of royal succession was Elizabeth’s uncle, Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne less than a year after taking it so that he could marry an American socialite named Wallis Simpson. Edward didn’t have any children at the time, so his brother Albert (Elizabeth’s father) ascended to the throne, taking the name George VI and making the then-10-year-old Elizabeth the first in line to become Queen.

2. HER YOUNGER SISTER GAVE HER A FAMILY NICKNAME.

Elizabeth and Margaret were the only children of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and King George VI, who said of his daughters: “Lilibet is my pride, Margaret my joy.” “Lilibet,” of course, is Elizabeth, who earned her nickname because Margaret—whom the family affectionately called Margot—constantly mispronounced her big sister’s name.

3. SHE DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL.

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Heirs apparent don’t just show up to primary school like normal kids. Instead, Elizabeth was tutored at home during sessions by different teachers like Henry Marten, vice-provost of Eton College (which is still for boys only), and was also given private religion lessons by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

4. BUT SHE AND MARGARET TECHNICALLY DID HAVE A TEACHER.

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Just because she didn’t attend school doesn’t mean that Elizabeth didn’t receive an education. She received the bulk of it through her nanny, Marion Crawford, who the royal family referred to as “Crawfie.” Crawford would eventually be ostracized by the royal family for writing a tell-all book in 1953 called The Little Princesses without their permission; the book recounted Crawford’s experiences with Elizabeth during her younger days.

5. SHE WANTED TO GO TO WAR, BUT WAS TOO YOUNG.

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When World War II broke out in 1939, Elizabeth—then just a teenager—begged her father to join the effort somehow. She started out by making radio broadcasts geared toward raising the morale of British children. During one of the broadcasts, the 14-year-old princess reassured listeners, “I can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers, and airmen and we are trying too to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war.”

6. SHE EVENTUALLY SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.

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Despite the risks, Elizabeth eventually joined the women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and trained as a truck driver and mechanic in 1945, when she was 18 years old.

Queen Elizabeth remains the only female royal family member to have entered the armed forces, and is currently the only living head of state who officially served in World War II.

7. SHE CELEBRATED THE END OF THE WAR BY PARTYING LIKE HER SUBJECTS.

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When then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe was over on May 8, 1945, people poured out into the streets of London to celebrate—including Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. The sheltered duo were allowed to sneak out of Buckingham Palace to join the revelers at their father’s behest.

“It was a unique burst of personal freedom,” recalled Margaret Rhodes, their cousin who went with them, “a Cinderella moment in reverse.”

8. SHE MARRIED HER COUSIN.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth are third cousins; both share the same great-great-grandparents: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

9. ELIZABETH AND HER HUSBAND HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE CHILDHOOD.

Philip, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, first met Elizabeth when she was only eight years old and he was 14. Both attended the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece (Prince Philip’s cousin) and Prince George, the Duke of Kent (Elizabeth’s uncle).

Five years later the pair met again when George VI brought Elizabeth to tour the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, where Philip was a cadet. In a personal note, Elizabeth recalled falling for the young soldier-in-the-making: “I was 13 years of age and he was 18 and a cadet just due to leave. He joined the Navy at the outbreak of war, and I only saw him very occasionally when he was on leave—I suppose about twice in three years,” she wrote. “Then when his uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, were away he spent various weekends away with us at Windsor.”

10. SHE DIDN’T TELL HER PARENTS SHE WAS GETTING HITCHED.

In 1946, Philip proposed to Elizabeth when the former planned a month-long visit to Balmoral, her royal estate in Scotland. She accepted the proposal without even contacting her parents. But when George VI finally caught wind of the pending nuptials he would only officially approve if they waited to announce the engagement until after her 21st birthday.

The official public announcement of the engagement finally came nearly a year later on July 9, 1947.

11. SHE HAS A VERY ROYAL NAME.

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She’s the second British monarch named Elizabeth, but Elizabeth II wasn’t named after Henry VIII’s famous progeny. Queen Elizabeth II’s birth name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, after the names of her mother, Elizabeth, her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, and her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary.

12. SHE GOT TO CHOOSE HER OWN SURNAME.

Technically, the Queen’s last name is “Windsor,” which was first chosen by George V in 1917 after the royal family wanted to distance themselves from “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha”—the dynasty to which they belonged—for sounding too Germanic during World War I.

But as a way to distinguish themselves from the rest of the royal family, in 1960 Elizabeth and Philip adopted the official surname Windsor-Mountbatten. (Fans will surely remember that the surname drama was briefly discussed in Netflix’s series The Crown.)

13. SHE HAS TWO BIRTHDAYS.

Like most British monarchs, Elizabeth gets to celebrate her birthday twice, and the reason why boils down to seasonably appropriate pomp and circumstance.

She was born on April 21, 1926, but April was deemed too cold and liable to fall during inclement weather. So instead, her official state-recognized birthday occurs on a Saturday in late May or June, so that the celebration can be held during warmer months. The specific date varies year to year in the UK, and usually coincides with Trooping the Colour, Britain’s annual military pageant.

14. HER CORONATION WAS TELEVISED AGAINST HER WISHES.

Elizabeth officially ascended to the throne at just 25 years of age when her father, George VI, died on February 6, 1952. Elizabeth was in Kenya at the time of his death and returned home as her country’s Queen. As fans of The Crown will remember, the hubbub surrounding her coronation was filled with ample amounts of drama.

The notoriously camera-shy Elizabeth—who didn’t even allow photos to be taken of her wedding—didn’t want the event televised, and others believed that broadcasting the coronation to commoners would break down upper-class traditions of only allowing members of British high society to witness the event. A Coronation Commission, chaired by Philip, was set up to weigh the options, and they initially decided to only allow cameras in a single area of Westminster Abbey “west of the organ screen,” before allowing the entire thing to be televised with one minor caveat: no close-ups on Elizabeth’s face.

15. SHE PAID FOR HER WEDDING DRESS USING WAR RATION COUPONS.

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Still reeling from an atmosphere of post-war austerity, Elizabeth used ration coupons and a 200-coupon supplement from the government to pay for her wedding dress. But don’t be fooled, the dress was extremely elegant; it was made of ivory duchesse silk, encrusted with 10,000 imported seed pearls, took six months to make, and sported a 13-foot train. (It cost just under $40,000 to recreate the dress for The Crown.)

16. SHE DOESN’T NEED A PASSPORT TO TRAVEL.

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Elizabeth II is the world’s most well-traveled head of state, visiting 116 countries between 265 official state visits, but she doesn’t even own a passport. Since all British passports are officially issued in the Queen’s name, she technically doesn’t need one.

17. SHE DOESN’T NEED A DRIVER’S LICENSE EITHER.

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It’s not just because she has a fleet of chauffeurs. Britain also officially issues driver’s licenses in Elizabeth’s name, so don’t expect her to show off her ID when she gets pulled over taking other heads of state for a spin in her Range Rover.

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, recounted to The Sunday Times the time when Elizabeth drove former Saudi crown prince Abdullah around the grounds of Balmoral: “To his surprise, the Queen climbed into the driving seat, turned the ignition and drove off,” he said. “Women are not—yet—allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen.”

18. SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO PAY TAXES (BUT CHOOSES TO ANYWAY).

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Queen Elizabeth has voluntarily paid income and capital gains taxes since 1992, but has always been subject to Value Added Tax.

19. SHE SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.

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During the 1981 Trooping the Colour, the Queen led a royal procession on horseback down the Mall toward Buckingham Palace when shots rang out. A 17-year-old named Marcus Sarjeant, who was obsessed with the assassinations of figures like John Lennon and John F. Kennedy, fired a series of blanks toward Elizabeth. Sarjeant—who wrote in his diary, “I am going to stun and mystify the whole world with nothing more than a gun”—was thankfully unable to purchase live ammunition in the UK. He received a prison sentence of five years under the 1848 Treason Act, but was released in October 1984.

20. SHE ALSO SURVIVED AN INTRUDER COMING INTO HER BEDROOM.

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A year after the Trooping the Colour incident, Elizabeth had another run-in. But instead of near Buckingham Palace, this time it was inside Buckingham Palace. On July 9, 1982, a man named Michael Fagen managed to climb over the Palace’s barbed wire fence, shimmy up a drain pipe, and eventually sneak into the Queen’s bedroom.

While reports at the time said Fagen and the Queen had a long conversation before he was apprehended by palace security, Fagen told The Independent the Queen didn’t stick around to chat: “She went past me and ran out of the room; her little bare feet running across the floor.”

21. SHE TECHNICALLY OWNS ALL THE DOLPHINS IN THE UK.

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In addition to owning all of the country’s dolphins, she owns all the sturgeon and whales, too. A still-valid statute from the reign of King Edward II in 1324 states, “Also the King shall have … whales and sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm,” meaning most aquatic creatures are technically labeled “fishes royal,” and are claimed on behalf of the Crown.

As the song goes, “Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!”

22. SHE HAS HER OWN SPECIAL MONEY TO GIVE TO THE POOR.

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Known as “maundy money,” the Queen has silver coins—currently with Elizabeth’s likeness on the front—that are given to pensioners in a ceremony called Maundy Thursday. The royal custom dates back to the 13th century, in which the royal family was expected to wash the feet of and distribute gifts to penniless subjects as a symbolic gesture to honor Jesus’s act of washing the feet of the poor in the Bible. Once the 18th century rolled around and washing people’s dirty feet wasn’t seen as befitting of a royal, the act was replaced with money allowances bequeathed by the monarch.

23. GIN IS HER DRINK OF CHOICE.

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The Queen drinks gin mixed with Dubonnet (a fortified wine) and a slice of lemon on the rocks every day before lunch. She also reportedly drinks wine at lunch and has a glass of champagne every evening.

24. SHE CREATED HER OWN BREED OF DOGS.

Elizabeth has a famous, avowed love of Corgis (she has owned more than 30 of them during her reign, but currently only owns one, named Willow), but what about Dorgis? She currently owns two Dorgis (Candy and Vulcan), a crossbreed she engineered when one of her Corgis mated with a Dachshund named Pipkin that belonged to Princess Margaret.

25. SHE’S ON SOCIAL MEDIA … KIND OF.

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It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 24, 2014

The Queen joined Twitter in July 2009 under the handle @RoyalFamily, and sent the first tweet herself, but hasn’t personally maintained the page since then. In fact, a job listing went up in 2017 looking for an official royal Digital Communications Officer to help out. She’s also on Facebook (and no, you cannot poke The Royal Family).

This story originally ran in 2017.

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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒:

Marina Windsor

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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒:

Her Royal Highness Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, The Duchess of Kent

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𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃:

Thursday, December 13th, 1906 in Athens, Greece

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𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:

Father: His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark

Mother: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, The Grand Duchess of Russia/Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia

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𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈:

Oldest Sister: Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark

Brother In Law: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

2nd Oldest Sister: Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark

Brother In Law: Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach

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𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒:

His Royal Highness George, The Duke of Kent (M. 1934 - W. 1942)

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𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃:

Oldest Son: His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent

Daughter In Law: Her Royal Highness Katharine The Duchess of Kent

Daughter: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Son In Law: The Right Honourable Sir Angus Ogilvy

Youngest Son: His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent

Daughter In Law: Her Royal Highness Marie-Christine Princess Michael of Kent

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𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: 

Oldest Grandson: George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews

Granddaughter-In-Law: Sylvana Windsor The Countess of St. Andrews

Oldest Granddaughter: Lady Helen Taylor

Grandson-In-Law: Timothy Taylor

2nd Grandson: Lord Nicholas Taylor

Granddaughter-In-Law: Paola de Lupis, Lady Nicholas Windsor

Youngest Grandson: Lord Patrick Windsor

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Oldest Great Grandson: Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick

Oldest Great Granddaughter: Lady Marina Windsor

2nd Great Grandson: Columbus Taylor

2nd Great Granddaughter: Lady Amelia Windsor

3rd Great Grandson: Cassius Taylor

3rd Great Granddaughter: Eloise Taylor

Youngest Great Granddaughter: Estella Taylor

4th Great Grandson: Albert Windsor

Youngest Great Grandson: Leopold Windsor

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𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈

Education

Medical:

Hospitals

Nursing

Women’s Healthcare

Sports:

Croquet

Law Tennis

The Arts:

Drama

Speech

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𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀

Chancellor: The University of Kent 

Laid the Foundation Stone of the St. Mark’s Church in Bromley, London.

Laid the Foundation Stone of the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Kuching, Malaysia. 

Nurse: World War 2 Civil Nurse Reserve

Opened the Outpatient Department of the Lab Kheng Howe Hospital in Sibu, Malaysia.

Patroness: The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson & Obstetric Hospital

Patroness: The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

Patroness: The Women's Hospital Fund

President: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution

President: The Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

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𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽:

11:40 am on Tuesday, August 27th, 1968 at Kensington Palace in London

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𝐵𝓊𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁:

St. George's Chapel on Friday, August 30th, 1968 and buried in the Royal Burial Ground at the Frogmore Estate in the Home Park at Windsor in Berkshire