The TRAGIC life of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

[@margaretmcgill526]

Thank you so much for this. My mother, born in 1920, thought Princess Marina was the most elegant woman in the world. Fascinating and a job well done!

[@carolwaugh5466]

My mother thought so too. Princess Marina was very popular. I believe there was a color named for her, Marina Green. My mother had a suit in that color, which I vaguely remember.

[@bimblaq]

She was indeed the most beautiful princess

[@eileenbass952]

A very elegant lady.

[@miramira2723]

There's a hospital in my country that was named after her Hospital Duchesses of Kent, Sandakan Sabah, Malaysia..Princess Marina officiated the hospital in 1952

[@ShinbiBelldandy]

The irony of Princess Marina feeling above the Duchesses York & Gloucester when she herself lived in poverty at times. And her sisters in law both lived to be over 100. Not bad for common Scotch girls.

[@artn2950]

She had Danish and Russian royal blood... Christian IX of Denmark and Czar Alexander III

[@williamegler8771]

A princess by birth outranks the daughters of low-level Scottish peers regardless of material wealth.

[@chocciechocchoc1]

​@@williamegler8771but they rank above her due them marrying more senior brothers

[@misscoutts6193]

​@@williamegler8771they weren't low level they were very wealthy landowners. Marina never lived in poverty. On her marriage to Prince George who was bi-sexual and had an affair with Noel Coward she brought with her a large quantity of Romanov jewels and tiaras as her Dowry.

[@williamegler8771]

@@misscoutts6193 They were Gentry they were not Noble or Royal so compared to a princess they are low level. They are just wealthy commoners.

[@artn2950]

Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth visited quietly at Coppins. Philip and Marina were cousins through their fathers

[@misscoutts6193]

Why visit quietly?

[@paulharvey9149]

@@misscoutts6193 Not everything the Royals do is a public event - they were visiting family.

[@williamhenry9609]

When she was widowed she was given an apartment in Kensington Palace. Her expenses were borne by the RF. She had 11 staff. Left a hoard of valuable jewels to her family. So she wasn't poor what you make her out to be.

[@artn2950]

She lived at Coppins for many years and had to sell jewelry

[@michelles2299]

@@artn2950 some people even don't own diamonds.... Fancy that!

[@misscoutts6193]

​@@artn2950Coppins was the country estate she owned through her marriage to Prince George; and upon his marriage, she moved out and gave it to her son and daughter in law, Duke and Duchess of Kent. She was invariably referred to as the poor widow but her mother was a Romanov grand duchess Elena. They brought plenty of jewels out of Russia.

[@harryb7149]

I have no sympathy for Marina. Not only did she arrogantly call others in the royal family "common Scotch girls", but she seemed happy to be a royal parasite after the death of her husband. A waste of the taxpayer;s money, to be certain. Marina was a prime example of a spoiled royal princess. Her life was NOT miserable nor poverty stricken.

[@paulharvey9149]

@@artn2950 Coppins was left to Prince Edward by George V's unmarried sister, Princess Toria. The problem with properties is that they can be quite expensive to run

[@sandraseagramannovazzi3920]

The most beautiful of any woman of the House of Windsor

[@misscoutts6193]

@@sandraseagramannovazzi3920 because she wasn't House of Windsor; she was Romanov and Glucksburg.

[@vickihatley4041]

Well Princess Margaret was very beautiful indeed especially when she was younger her & Elizabeth Taylor looked amazingly alike U till her fast life style took it all away I feel very sad 4 her & that if only her & Peter Townsend weren't allowed 2 marry her life may have Been a much happier 1 God Bless Princess Margaret her sister Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mary Now we must protect our Royal Family from liars & sycophrents That r trying 2 hurt possibly trying to destroy our monarchy God Save King Charles & Princess Catherine pray for their well being under going these treatments

[@vickihatley4041]

My Mom was born in 1920 her & Marina looked so much alike it was very striking it was uncanny i was very lucky 2 have such amazing beautiful women as my Mother & the Princess had a special place in our history

[@annglaister]

My aunty Doris was a royal dress maker and she made the wedding dress for princess Marina ❤❤

[@williamofhanover]

Princess Marina has always been one of my most favorite royals simply because Marina is one of my favorite names

[@randywatts6969]

A bittersweet life she had, to be sure.

[@voyaristika5673]

Thank you. I didn't know her story. She sounds interesting, like there's a lot to know about her, depth. I'm glad she died peacefully.

[@ukmary1968]

She died from brain cancer. Not peacefully at all

[@LauraPerez-g3p]

Marina's engagement ring is now owned by actress Sophie Winkleman, daughter-in-law of her youngest son Prince Michael

[@artn2950]

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[@artn2950]

Sofie is very fortunate indeed!!!!

[@ukmary1968]

It seems as if Prince Michael was her favorite

[@artn2950]

Wow did not know how many languages she could speak!!!

[@alanbeattie1470]

Marina, feeling above the in-laws? Dare say she had common-sense, except for her use of the word SCOTCH...

[@jennyvanniekerk9600]

So what was so tragic - draped in jewals. RIDICULOUS

[@georgeapplegatejnr]

Most intersting person supreme beautiful woman of her age

[@alanbeattie1470]

England is not an independent but part of one: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and - like it or loath it or do the hokey kokey - Northern Ireland.

[@jilltagmorris]

Thank you for this

[@RegalChronicles]

My pleasure!

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

My whole life has been sad.

[@johannesbols57]

Sensationalism for clicks. She didn't have a tragic life. Cut the bullshit.

[@janetaldrich7747]

She married Prince George, Duke of Kent, right? Not exactly a bed of roses.

[@misscoutts6193]

@@janetaldrich7747 arranged marriage. Prince George was well known to be bi-sexual. Marina would be considered 'on the shelf' in those days. If you look closely at photographs she is often turned to the right to conceal Bell's Palsy.

[@lindaedward3169]

Some rather cringe worthy mispronunciation .. Maugham ..being one 😮

[@AshleyMartin-f3x]

Beautiful

[@susanlynch1966]

T_sar?!?! It's pronounced sar with a silent. AI really drives me mad.

[@Pulchria24]

Oh dear. It's ann-um [first syllable rhymes with 'fan'], NOT an-um -[first syllable rhyming with 'pain']

[@twistoffate4791]

I think you need more related photographs. They are most certainly out there.

[@alanbeattie1470]

Children of aristos and servants being educated together? Hott Dogg and a Whoop Poodle Diddle...

[@lucylocket420]

My goodness this was a ruthlessly honest story. Seems she was better off a widow in the end x

[@karensnowden962]

Tragic LIFE. WHAT a Crock. Get a REAL STORY. LIFE of LUXURY like ALL of them.

[@michelles2299]

Tragic? At least she didn't have to worry about being able to afford food and paying her bills

[@zzzbbbooo]

She did actually. She and her children had to live quite frugally by royal standards (genteel poverty) after her husband's death.

[@misscoutts6193]

This is the narrative soundtrack. She owned a country estate in Kent and owned many jewels & tiaras and being given more jewels by her mother-in-law, Queen Mary; living in Kensington Palace after her son took over the family home "Coppins".

[@paulharvey9149]

@@misscoutts6193 You're right. The problem is that she had two sons' futures that she needed to provide for (the Greek system was that jewels were passed to sons for their future wives, not to daughters, who were expected to be provided for by their husband's wealth.) The estate probably provided an income as well as an insurance policy - and gifts were not consikdered saleable items back then - even when they came from ordinary sources...! I had that argument with my parents more than once when I was a teenager growing up - and we were just an ordinary working class family...!!

[@misscoutts6193]

@@paulharvey9149 the sons would have had Trust funds set up at birth. It's just a fiction that these people are impoverished.

[@markmh835]

Her looking down on the House of Windsor is the height of irony and not very becoming of this woman.

[@misscoutts6193]

At the time of her arranged marriage she was thirty four being considered as 'on the shelf' in the parlance of the times. She also had Bell's Palsy.

[@peachygal4153]

@@misscoutts6193 She was born in 1906 and married in 1934.Do the math

[@peachygal4153]

Lol she was a princess and Elizabeth Boyles Lyon, later Duchess of York, then Queen consort to George VI and then the queen mother was a Scottish noblewoman. That is why Marina looked down her nose. In her mind her children were full royals whereas Queen Elizabeth only half.

[@peachygal4153]

@@misscoutts6193 Yes, the marriage was arranged to hide the fact the Duke of Kent was bisexual, to make him respectable. Don't forget, the marriage she had really wanted did not come off because her family could not give a dowry. In those days, in that class especially. a woman no matter how old she was, lived at home and under her father's rules until marriage. The BRF saw her as a prize since she would accept their wayward son having no dowry. I am sure she was grateful to be married to have her own home and children. Don't forget too, rumors claim marriage did not make him any less promiscuous and allegedly why maybe his plane crash was not an accident, because of the embarrassment he caused the BRF.

[@paulharvey9149]

Especially when you consider the instability of the Greek Royal House - and the fate of the Russian one, that had already occurred by then. Had she not married a foreign prince, she'd very probably have become a princess in the past tense.

[@jennyleishman9617]

King George the V not 5…get it right

[@markmh835]

You can't expect AI computer narrators to "get it right." All we can do is quit watching, supporting, liking and subscribing to such channels.

[@ceejay3054]

AI sucks but won't go away

[@alanbeattie1470]

How was it that ambulances got broken legs?

[@NIckyFromDunedin]

poor little Prince Micheal never knew his dad

[@Pulchria24]

Some very odd pronunciation- for example, CHECK how to pronounce 'Maugham'. Also odd usages- George V is vocalised as 'George the fifth', not 'George the five'

[@Buddy869-z9x]

“Cousin Marina” was portrayed in The Crown as something of a pain in the arse 😝

[@ladyalaina42]

Must have been awful with a permiscuous bisexial husband. Sad. At least he managed to father children, which mist have been a comfort. Yet his death left her improviased. She seemed to have a good life of service nevertheless.

[@paulharvey9149]

@ladyalaina42 He was bisexual though - not gay, which was illegal. There's no reason to suppose he had extra-marital affairs all the time - that's just media speculation!

[@lovepainting]

@@paulharvey9149

[@donsarde]

GEORGE V, fifth actually.

[@AngelaMacdonald-b8s]

Sorry, not sure why you think she had a 'tragic' life 😮 ?

[@susanyates4233]

Tsar is pronounced Zar. Maughan is pronounced morn. Annum is pronounced like the beginning of Ann. Please check your pronunciation.

[@ceejay3054]

It's AI. It will always suck at pronunciation

[@stunned.6707]

Prince George of Kent was a wastrel at best. He was lucky that Marina agreed to marry him. She sorted him out.

[@ukmary1968]

I really think that Queen Mary cared for Princess Marina

[@FranceDuseberg-yo8ej]

George the FIFTH.

[@j.j.blokdijk8727]

Annum=not the english a, in its pronouciation.

[@ukmary1968]

I think her granddaughter, Lady Gabriella, is the blonde version

[@gentiumblue5211]

Princess Alice was the daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, which is not minor aristocracy.

[@nancymabie5398]

Tragic?

[@ukmary1968]

I’m just confused. Why would they be bathing babies at a daycare?

[@christinelivesey9077]

King George the five?

[@amberdunham149]

Still wonder what was quite wrong with her face I had Bell's palsy as a child and wonder

[@hninzilwin3288]

Her lipline is lopsided . Her daughter Orincess Alexandra her daughter also has that lopsided smile

[@tri5ia]

Princess Marina was the most beautiful woman to marry into the British Royal Family. Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the future Queen Alexandra, was a very close second IMO.

[@cinderbella9391]

I am her direct decwndant

[@dympnamcintyre9381]

What a load of English bs