The Duke and Duchess of Kent: Oct 2003-

[kelly9480]

She seems to be some sort of music tutor who young musicians come to for extra practice

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Yorkshire Post Today:http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/View...icleID=1058994

Duchess proves that love of music has lesson for all ages

THE badge on her jacket said it all: "I love singing".
And yesterday the Duchess of Kent continued to spread her love of music to the children on a deprived Hull estate
"Mrs Kent", as she is known by staff and children, taught music incognito at Wansbeck Primary School, coming to Hull once a week from her home near Oxford for 12 years, before "retiring" at Christmas.
But yesterday she revealed that as well as remaining as school governor, she would continue to teach there on a supply basis, as well as pouring her efforts into her new charity Future Talent.

[rchainho]

DUKE WILL SEE CENTRE
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displ...tentPK=12755404

ROYAL VISITOR
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/dis...tentPK=12734627


Duke to open Parklands centre
http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/to...l.cfm?id=14145

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Princess Michael and the Duke of Kent watch the mixed double final between Mahesh Bhupathi of India and his teammate Mary Pierce of France and Paul Hanley of Australia and his teammate Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine at the 119th Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, 03th July:

[james]

There is a big party being held tonight for his birthday and a lot of Royals are going. It is being held in the London mansion of his friend Paul Channon and is a joint birthday party as Mr. Channon was also 70 years old on 9/10/05. The Daily Mail newspaper said that the Queen,Charles and Camilla and most of the rest of the Royal Family will attend.

[james]

There are photographs of the Queen, Phillip, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Lady Gabriella Windsor at the Duke of Kent's birthday party on Rex Features. Does anyone know how to enlarge and post these here?

[HMQueenElizabethII]

By Larzen's help, i had got a chance to see those pics, and i'm really appreciate Larzen for her help so much for me to get a chance to see those wonderful pics from UKPress:
They such great photos, and Her Majesty got really cool new dress and Happy Birthday to The Duke of Kent::)

[zeap]

Who is the woman touching the Queen's back??? You would think they would have known better...

[BeatrixFan]

Queen Anne-Marie looks fabulous! The Queen looks quite old sadly. Princess Alexandra rather snazzy in dress and the Duchess of Gloucester......very blue.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by BeatrixFan

...the Duchess of Gloucester....very blue.

ELECTRIC blue. She looks fabulous!

I don't think the camera flash has done Her Majesty any favours in this pic.
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[Lady Marmalade]

Happy b-lated birthday to the Duke of Kent! and many more....

I think The Duchess of Kent truly is a model of how a commoner can become royal and still retain a wonderful sense of humility and grace.

[Elspeth]

The Duchess of Kent doesn't look happy at all in that picture; I hope that was just an unfortunate photo, although I'm afraid it might not have been.

Who's the man she was with?

[Von Schlesian]

HRH THe Duchess of Kent almost looks nun-like with her combination of black-white and the very obvious display of the cross...

[Elspeth]

It looks like the same dress that she was wearing at the Classical Brit awards (see post 101), but with a different necklace. I wouldn't have thought that a great big cross like that was the most appropriate thing for a birthday party, but then I'm not exactly knowledgeable about fashion.

[Elspeth]

I think the Duke and Duchess sold at least one tiara or maybe an entire parure. It's rumoured that Princess Michael has kept hers intact by replacing the precious stones with fakes and selling the former, but I have no idea if there's any truth to that.

[iowabelle]

I know that the Duchess of Gloucester probably has more tiaras than either the Duchess of Kent or Princess Michael. I have seen reports that the Duchess of G. has 5 (and possibly 6) with royal origins.

[Lady Marmalade]

Originally Posted by iowabelle

I know that the Duchess of Gloucester probably has more tiaras than either the Duchess of Kent or Princess Michael. I have seen reports that the Duchess of G. has 5 (and possibly 6) with royal origins.

She does seem to have quite a bit of royal jewels compared to some of the other minor members of the royal family.

I think because Queen Mary gave and then left so many to Princess Alice as gifts and in her will. She then in turn passed them on to the current Duchess.

Princess Alexandra only seems to have one tiara and she was born a royal.

Most of the Kent tiaras went to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Michael.

[Elspeth]

Well, the Kent inheritance had to be split, whereas the current Duke of Gloucester is the only heir to his parents since his brother predeceased both parents and died unmarried. Also, the current Duke was godson and heir of Princess Marie Louise, which is where that amazing diamond, pearl, and sapphire tiara comes from, so he had jewels from more than one source.

I think Princess Alexandra's tiara was bought for her when she married, not inherited from her mother, who was still using her jewels herself at that time.

[Lady Marmalade]

Wasn't she Princess Helena's (Lenchen) daughter, Maria Louise?

[Elspeth]

Yes, that's the one. She had an early marriage followed by a divorce and then never remarried or had children, and apparently Prince Richard was her heir.

The tiara is near the bottom of this page:

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/coronation/jewels.html