Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (27 August 1968), born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ( el, Μαρίνα), was a Greek princess by birth and a

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by marriage. She was a daughter of

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark ( el, Νικόλαος; 22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg, was the fourth child and third son of King George I of Greece, and of Queen Olga. He was kn ...

and

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (29 January 1882 – 13 March 1957), sometimes known as Helen, Helena, Helene, Ellen, Yelena, Hélène, or Eleni, was the only daughter and youngest child of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia a ...

, and a granddaughter of King George I and

Queen Olga of Greece Olga Constantinovna of Russia ( el, Όλγα; 18 June 1926) was queen consort of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty, she was the oldest daughter of Grand Duke C ...

. Princess Marina

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Prince George, Duke of Kent 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 Geo ...

, fourth son of

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and Queen Mary, in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael. The Princess was widowed in 1942, when her husband was killed in a plane crash on active service. In later life she carried out many royal engagements, including the independence celebrations for

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

and

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

Early life

Princess Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

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, during the reign of her paternal grandfather,

George I of Greece George I ( Greek: Γεώργιος Α΄, ''Geórgios I''; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination in 1913. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen, and seemed destined for ...

. She was the third and youngest daughter of

, and his wife

. Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Gr ...

and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of

Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. A younger son of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- ...

, while her mother was a granddaughter of

Emperor Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finlan ...

. Princess Marina had two elder sisters,

Princess Olga Olga ( orv, Вольга, Volĭga; (); russian: Ольга (); uk, Ольга (). Old Norse: '; Lith: ''Alge''; Christian name: ''Elena''; c. 890–925 – 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960. Following ...

and Princess Elizabeth. Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin,

Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yug ...

, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Elizabeth married Carl Theodor, Count of Toeering-Jettenbach in 1934. One of their paternal uncles was

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark ( el, Ανδρέας; da, Andreas; – 3 December 1944) of the House of Glücksburg, House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the seventh child and fourth son of King George I of Greece ...

, the father of

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from El ...

(making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins). Marina spent her early years in Greece, and lived with her parents and paternal grandparents at

Tatoi Palace Tatoi ( el, Τατόι, ) was the summer palace and estate of the former Greek royal family. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and current official name is Dekeleia. It is located from t ...

. Along with her sisters, she was raised to be devout and religious, which was encouraged by her grandmother,

. Marina's family travelled outside of Greece often, especially during the summer months. Her first recorded visit to Britain was in 1910, when she was 3, after the death of her godfather, Edward VII. During that visit, she met her other godmother and future mother-in-law, Queen Mary, who treated Marina and her sisters like her own children. The Greek royal family was forced into exile when Marina was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy. They later moved to

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, while the Princess stayed with her extended family throughout Europe.

Marriage and children

Wedding ceremony

In 1932, Princess Marina and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through

, met in London. Their betrothal was announced in August 1934. Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934. On 29 November 1934, they

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. The wedding was a grand affair, as it had been more than eleven years since the last royal wedding with

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, and

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the l ...

(later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). The wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast by wireless, and with the use of other technology, such as microphones—the control room was located underneath the Unknown Warrior's tomb of Westminster Abbey. The service was broadcast locally and abroad to other nations, and loudspeakers allowed spectators from outside the Abbey to hear the proceedings. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at

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, which was converted into an Orthodox chapel for the ceremony. The wedding was the most recent occasion on which a princess from another royal family married into the British royal family. The

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was designed by

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, who had worked with Marina previously. The dress was made from white silk and silver lamé

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, with a raised English rose design. Her eight bridesmaids were her first cousins, Greek princesses

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, Eugenie and

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, her maternal first cousin

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, her first cousin once removed

Princess Juliana of the Netherlands Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. S ...

, her husband's niece Princess Elizabeth of York, her husband's cousins the

Lady Iris Mountbatten Lady Iris Kemp ( Mountbatten, formerly O'Malley, later Bryan; 13 January 1920 – 1 September 1982) was an English actress and model, and a member of the Battenberg/ Mountbatten family. She was the youngest great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. ...

and

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. The

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made a quilt as a wedding gift for Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent.

Married life

The Duke and Duchess set up their first home at 3 Belgrave Square, close to Buckingham Palace. She became a patroness of several organizations and charities, including the

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, the Women's Hospital Fund, and the

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. She would continue to support these charities and institutions for the rest of her life. She became very close to her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, with whom she would usually spend time while her husband was off performing his own royal duties. The couple had three children: *

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, (Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth II and Edward were first cousins through their fathers, King George VI, and Prince George, Duk ...

(9 October 1935): he married Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961. They have three children. *

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(25 December 1936): she married the Hon.

Angus Ogilvy Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (14 September 1928 – 26 December 2004) was a British businessman. He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Ogilvy is also remembered for his role in a b ...

, son of

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie (18 July 189328 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier, and courtier. He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, and his wife, the former Lady Mabel ...

and Lady Alexandra Coke, on 24 April 1963. They had two children. *

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(4 July 1942): he married Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz on 30 June 1978. They have two children. The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath,

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, while on active service with the

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. The Duchess, according to royal biographer

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, was "the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay death duties". During World War II, Marina was trained as a nurse for three months under the

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"Sister Kay" and joined the civil nurse reserve.

Later life and death

St Mark, Westmoreland Road, Bromley - Foundation stone - geograph

After her husband's death, the Duchess of Kent continued to be an active member of the British royal family, carrying out a wide range of royal and official engagements. She was the president of the Wimbledon

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for 26 years. She was also the president of the

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from 1943 until her death and was awarded the RNLI's gold medal in 1967 to mark this contribution. One of her first cousins was

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(later the Duke of Edinburgh), who married her niece, the future

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, in 1947. In 1947, Princess Marina visited Greece and Italy. In June 1952 the Duchess laid the foundation stone of the new St Mark's Church in

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, London, which had been damaged in the war. In 1952, the Duchess also visited

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(then a British

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), where she laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of St Thomas in

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. She also visited the

Batu Lintang camp Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) ...

, a Japanese internment camp during

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which had been converted to a teacher training college, and the city of

Sibu Sibu (; Foochow Romanized, Hokchew Romanized: ''Sĭ-bŭ'') is a landlocked city in the central region of Sarawak. It is the capital of Sibu District in Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The city is located on the island of Borneo and covers ...

, where she opened the outpatient department of the Lau Kheng Howe Hospital. In March 1957, when the

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achieved independence from Britain as

, the Duchess of Kent was appointed to represent the Queen at the celebrations. Fifty years later, at the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence, her son, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, was appointed by the Queen to represent her. Marina earned a place in the

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Hall of Fame in 1960 together with the

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, Patricia Lopez-Willshaw and

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. In 1964, the Princess took an extensive tour of Australia and officially opened

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. In September 1966, when the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland became the new Republic of

, the Princess was appointed again to represent the Queen at the celebrations. The main public hospital in

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, the new Botswana's capital, is named "Princess Marina Hospital". She was the Chancellor of the

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from 1963 until her death. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, died of a

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at 11.40 am on 27 August 1968, aged 61. The funeral service for the Princess was held at St. George's Chapel on 30 August. She was buried in the

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. Her funeral was the last royal ceremony attended by her brother-in-law, the former king

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. Her will was sealed in London after her death in 1968. Her estate was valued at £76,166 (or £940,600 in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).

Legacy

Princess Marina gave her name to many facilities, including: * Princess Marina College,

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, Berkshire * Princess Marina House, a facility of the

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. * Princess Marina Hospital, Upton, Northamptonshire * Princess Marina Hospital,

* Princess Marina Sports Complex,

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. *

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* Kent College (a teacher training college)

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References in popular culture

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recorded "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" for their 1969 album ''

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''. The song was written by

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. * In 2017,

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portrayed Princess Marina in the season 2 finale of ''

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''.

Honours and arms

Honours

Commonwealth *CI: Companion of the

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1937 *GCVO: Dame Grand Cross of the

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1948 *GBE: Dame Grand Cross of the

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1937 *GCStJ: Dame Grand Cross of the

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1935 *

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* Royal Family Order of King George VI *

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Foreign * Dame Grand Cross of the

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* Dame of the

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* Grand Cross of the

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* Grand Cross of the

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* Grand Cross of the

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* Grand Cross of the

Order of the Southern Cross Emperor Pedro I of Brazil founded the National Order of the Southern Cross ( pt, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul) as a Brazilian order of chivalry on 1 December 1822. The order aimed to commemorate the independence of Brazil (7 September 1822) ...

* Grand Cross of the

Order of the Liberator San Martin Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

* Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria *

House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...

: Dame Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine

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Hrh the Duchess of Kent Visits Greenwich To Inspect Wrens, 1941

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Kent Regiment The Kent Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. In 1954 it was amalgamated with The Essex Scottish Regiment to form The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment. Lineage The Kent Regiment * Originated on 1 January 1901, in Chatha ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army based in the county of Kent in existence from 1881 to 1961. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, originally as the Queen' ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Dorset Regiment The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "The Dorsets". In 1 ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment The Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent Regiment. Its colonel-in-chief is Prince Michael of Kent ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of the

Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME ) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses. The corps is described as the "British Army's Professional Engineers". History Prior to REME's for ...

* Colonel-in-Chief, of

The Queen's Regiment The Queen's Regiment (QUEENS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1966 through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the Home Counties Brigade. Then, until 1971 the regiment remained one of the largest regiments in the arm ...

(Allied) *Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry *Honorary Colonel, of the 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry *Honorary Colonel, of the 431 LAA Regiment RA *Honorary Colonel, of the 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, and Berkshire) Field Regiment, RA *Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Regiment, RA (Territorials) *Colonel, of the Queen's Own Buffs * Commandant,

Women's Royal Naval Service The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS; popularly and officially known as the Wrens) was the women's branch of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. First formed in 1917 for the First World War, it was disbanded in 1919, then revived in 1939 at the ...

(1940–1968) (Chief Commandant from 1951) * Honorary Commandant, of the

Women's Royal Australian Naval Service The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was the women's branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In 1941, fourteen members of the civilian Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) were recruited for wireless telegraphy work at ...

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