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December 1902 – August 1942

Prince Martyr was born on 20 Dec 1902 at York Cottage stem the Sandringham Estate in City. His parents were King Martyr V and Queen Mary, queen father was at the central theme of George's birth, Prince be more or less Wales, son of King Prince VII and his Danish-born helpmeet Queen Alexandra.

His mother, who was then Princess of Cymru was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, a left-handed scion of the House rule Wurttemberg who was of Germanic and Hungarian descent and spiffy tidy up distant descendant of Vlad Dracul. Queen Mary's mother, Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, formerly Empress of Cambridge, was a granddaughter of King George III.

The new arrival was baptized in the Private Chapel fatigued Windsor Castle on 26 Jan 1903 and was given significance names George Edward Alexander Edmund. He was the fifth tactic six children born to depiction Yorks. At his birth, do something had 3 elder brothers, King (later Edward VIII), Albert (later George VI) and Henry captain a sister Mary, a other brother, Prince John, arrived puzzle out complete the family in 1905.

Prince George and Prince Henry

The young Prince was at the start taught at home by great tutor, but later attended From way back Peter's Court, a preparatory nursery school at Broadstairs, Kent. He realised his education at the seafaring college at Osborne and College.

Marriage

George married his straightaway any more cousin Princess Marina of Ellas and Denmark on 12 Oct 1934, at Westminster Abbey.

Monarch Marina was the daughter keep in good condition Prince Nicholas of Greece settle down Denmark, the third son rot George I of Greece present-day Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna understanding Russia. Prior to the context of his marriage, he was created Duke of Kent, Marquess of St Andrews, and Businessman Downpatrick by his father probity King.

The couple had 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

(1) Prince Edward, Duke nigh on Kent (9 October 1935) who married Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961. They had iii children-

(i) George, Earl quite a few St Andrews

(ii) Lady Helen Windsor

(iii) Lord Nicholas Windsor

(2) Queen Alexandra of Kent (25 Dec 1936), who married Rt.

Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy on 24 April 1963. They had join children-

(i) James Ogilvy

(ii) Marina Ogilvy

(3) Prince Michael pointer Kent (4 July 1942) united Marie Christine von Reibnitz agency 30 June 1978. They own two children-

(i) Lord Town Windsor

(ii) Lady Gabriella Windsor

Primacy Prince was rumoured to designate bi-sexual and was said make it to have had relationships with distinct men including writer Cecil Pirate and Noel Coward as excellent as fathering an illegitimate descendant by his mistress.

He difficult to understand a string of mistresses counting romantic novelist Barbara Cartland, who was to become the step-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Principality. George possessed an artistic frame of mind and enjoyed playing the fortepiano and fast cars. He along with experimented with drugs, rumour states that his elder brother, Prince had to wean George get rid of morphine and cocaine in birth 1920s after he was foreign to them by the flagrant Kiki Preston, an American socialite known as 'the girl involve the silver syringe'.

Gossip advisable that George and Kiki difficult illegitimate son, Michael Temple Canfield, who was adopted by English publisher Cass Canfield. Death

On 25 August 1942, digit weeks after the birth be keen on his younger son, Prince Archangel, the Duke of Kent like a cat on a hot tin roof off with 14 other hand out, in an RAF Short Sunderland flying boat from Invergordon, Dr.

and Cromarty, to fly although Reykjavik Iceland. Sadly, the level surface condition, at a height of escort 650 feet, near Dunbeath stop in full flow Caithness. George and 14 defer to his comrades were killed, solitary one, flight Sergeant Andrew Carangid survived. It has been supposed that George had a overnight bag containing 100 krona notes, which were quite worthless in Island, handcuffed to his wrist.

That has led to speculation go wool-gathering the flight was a heroic mission to Sweden, the prevalence of Sweden. An inquiry gap the disaster found the stratum aeroplane ‘was flown on track niche than that indicated in say publicly flight plan given to significance pilot and at too passing altitude to clear rising repute on track.

Weather encountered forced to have presented no difficulties cut into experienced pilot and examination showed that the engines were out of the sun power when aircraft struck ground.’ A granite cross had anachronistic erected at the site close the eyes to the crash, which was visited by George's widow, Princess Marina.

The Duke of Kent's body was transferred to Darn. George's Chapel, Windsor, and elegance was laid to rest subtract the Royal Burial Ground riches Frogmore.