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Duke of Kent is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of King George V. Since 1942, the title has been held by Prince Edward (born 1935), a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II .
The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty as an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force on a mission to Reykjavík; a message of condolence was proposed in Parliament by Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
His father was Prince George, Duke of Kent, the younger brother of King George VI (The Queen's father) and King Edward VIII. His mother, Princess Marina, was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. In 1942 his father Prince George, then Duke of Kent, died in a wartime flying accident near Caithness in Scotland while on active service.
Feb 2, 2023 · The Tragic Death Of Prince George, Duke Of Kent. Print Collector/Getty Images. By Amy Beeman / Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 4:04 pm EST. Prince George, Duke of Kent died in a plane crash on what should've been an uneventful flight from England to Iceland on August 25, 1942, when he was just 39 years old.
Aug 13, 2018 · The 39-year-old Prince George had, in his short life, earned a notorious reputation as a cad, a chancer, and a playboy – and his death remains to this day shrouded in controversy due to the destruction of all official documents about the incident.
George Edward, Duke of Kent, was the fourth son of George V and Queen Mary and was born at Sandringham on 20th December 1902. He served in the Army as a Major General and was a Rear Admiral in the Navy. Marriage. On 29th November 1934 he married Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, in Westminster Abbey.
December 1902 – August 1942. Prince George was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. His parents were King George V and Queen Mary, his father was at the time of George's birth, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII and his Danish-born wife Queen Alexandra. His mother, who was then Princess of Wales ...
