Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, CD, ADC is a member of the British royal family. He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through their fathers, Prince George, and King George VI. Because his mother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was first cousin to Prince Philip, he is also second cousin to the Prince of Wales and his siblings. He has held the title of Duke ofKent since the age of six, after the death of his father in a plane crash in 1942.
About Prince Edward, Duke of Kent in brief
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, CD, ADC is a member of the British royal family. He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through their fathers, Prince George, and King George VI. Because his mother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was first cousin to Prince Philip, he is also second cousin to the Prince of Wales and his siblings. He has held the title of Duke ofKent since the age of six, after the death of his father in a plane crash in 1942. Edward carries out engagements on behalf of the Queen and is involved with over 140 charitable organisations. The Duke had a mild stroke on the morning of 18 March 2013, and was removed from the line of succession on the same day. He married Katharine Worsley at York Minster on 8 June 1961. They have three living children: Katharine had an abortion in 1975 due to German measles, and she converted to Catholicism in 1994.
In April 2015, The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wrenington House, Kensington Palace, London, where they live with their three children and their nieces and nephews. Prince Edward speaks fluent French, having been raised in a house where his mother and aunts spoke French as a matter of preference. He was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1935 by the Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang. His godparents were his grandparents, King George V, Queen Mary and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark; as well as thePrince of Wales; the Princess Royal, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ; and the Duchess of Argyll. On 29 July 1955, he 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.
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