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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Royal Navy Admiral
Female
Born
Dec 13, 1906
Hometown
Athens
Died
Aug 27, 1968
Death Place
London
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, n%C3%A9e Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was a member of the British Royal Family; the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. Princess Marina… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
She was baptised near the end of 1906, and her godparents were: the King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); the King of the United Kingdom (her granduncle); the Princess of Wales; Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (her paternal uncle); Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle); and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her maternal aunt).
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TWENTIES
On 29 November 1934 she married Prince George, Duke of Kent, at Westminster Abbey, London.
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THIRTIES
1942
35 Years Old
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.
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FORTIES
1947
40 Years Old
She was already the first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and then also became his aunt, due to his 1947 marriage to Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.
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1953
46 Years Old
The diamond and pearl Kent Festoon Tiara was worn by Princess Marina to the 1953 coronation.
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FIFTIES
1961
54 Years Old
Just before the current Duke of Kent's wedding in June 1961 to Katharine Worsley, she announced that she wished to be known as HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent instead of HRH The Dowager Duchess of Kent, a change in traditional style that was granted by her niece, Queen Elizabeth II.
1963
56 Years Old
She served as the first Chancellor of the University of Kent at Canterbury from 1963 until her death from a brain tumour at Kensington Palace on 27 August 1968, aged 61.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1968
62 Years Old
Died on August 27, 1968.
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