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The Duke of Kent forced to cancel a week of engagements due to illness

The Duke of Kent is the second royal this week to cancel a royal engagement. He is suffering from a chest infection and has been forced to pull out of royal engagements on “doctor’s advice” for the next week according to Buckingham Palace. His younger sister, 80-year-old Princess Alexandra also cancelled royal engagements this week when she fell and broke her wrist. It is unknown…
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The Duke and Duchess of Kent: a brief history

In this piece, we take a brief look at The Duke and The Duchess of Kent. Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick was born in 1935, the first born of Prince George, and Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece; this makes The Duke first cousin to both The Queen and…
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Duke of Kent visits six RNLI stations and welcomes new boat.

The Duke of Kent, President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI),  will embark on a two-day visit to six Welsh Lifeboat stations and the Holyhead Coastguard Coordination Centre Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th October. Later this week, he will celebrate his 80th birthday on 9th October. The Duke of Kent, aboard the RNLI Severn Class relief lifeboat, ‘The Duke of Kent’, currently…
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The Duke of Kent receives Dresden Peace Prize

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. [getty src=”463351456&#8243…