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Duke of Kent presented with certificate to mark 50 years as President of the RNLI

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13th December 2019
The Duke of Kent has been presented with The Institution’s Thanks on Vellum certificate to mark 50 years as President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) as thanks for his dedication to the charity.Stuart Popham, RNLI Chair, and Mark Dowie, RNLI Chief Executive, were at St James’s Palace on Tuesday, 10 December to present the Duke with the honour.Dowie commented on…
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Duke of Kent involved in a car crash

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16th June 2019
The Duke of Kent, 83, was involved in a car crash with a student in Brighton earlier this month on the evening of 2 June. The Queen’s cousin was in a crash on the A27 when he allegedly pulled out onto the roadway in his Jaguar in front of student Olivia Fellows, 21, who slammed the breaks of her Mini Cooper to avoid hitting the Duke. After applying her brakes, Fellows, who had been going…
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The Duke of Kent and the Scots Guards

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24th February 2019
On the 27th February, HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent will visit 1st Battalion Scots Guards, who are currently in Cyprus on deployment as part of a peacekeeping mission. The Duke is Colonel of the Scots Guard – who are a regiment of Foot Guards within the British Army…
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The Netherlands State Visit – Day 2

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24th October 2018
The second and final day of The Netherlands State Visit began with a breakfast at Mansion House with the Earl and Countess of Wessex. Shortly before the breakfast, Their Majesties and the Earl and Countess of Wessex signed the guestbook. The breakfast was given by the Lord Mayor and was attended by business leaders from both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. After breakfast, they viewed an…
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Who is the Duke of Kent?

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9th October 2018
Prince Edward (b. 9 October 1935) has been Duke of Kent since 1942, following the sad death of his father in a flying accident when he was nearly seven-years-old. He is not only a cousin to Queen Elizabeth, by his father who was a younger brother of King George VI, but he is…