Tomorrow, joined by veterans who served in the Second World War, Prince Michael of Kent will visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Dunkirk Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk.
In 1940, Allied forces in France who were fighting against the Germans were surrounded and forced to retire to the beaches of Dunkirk, France. When they were there, they…
The Duke of Kent – a cousin of The Queen – has been admitted to hospital in Scotland after suffering a hip injury, Buckingham Palace said today.
The injury, thought to have been sustained while staying at The Queen’s highland residence Balmoral, is…
On February 14, 2015 The Duke of Kent received the Dresden Peace Prize for his work spanning many decades in the reconciliation of Great Britain and Germany. This comes of the 70th anniversary of British and American air raids on Dresden.
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Katharine Kent will be an unfamiliar name to many, but in Royal circles she became well-known, causing controversy with her conversion to Catholicism in 1994.
Born Katharine Worsley on February 22nd 1933, her upbringing was that of a ‘commoner’ in the Yorkshire countryside, albeit growing up amidst the surroundings of a stately home, Hovingham Hall. Her parents, Sir William and Lady Joyce sent…
The Duke of Kent is to receive the Dresden Prize on the 14th February 2015 for his work towards the reconciliation of Great Britain and Germany afterthe Second World War.
The prize, which will be awarded in Dresden’s Semper Opera, recognises the prevention of…
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