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Sep 5, 2023 · The third son of King George V and Queen Mary, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was born on 31 March 1900. He was the first son of a monarch to be educated at school and went onto study at Eton Col…
May 7, 2020 · The third son of King George V and Queen Mary, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was born on 31 March 1900. He was the first son of a monarch to be educated at school and went onto study at Eton Col…
Battles/wars. Second World War. Battle of France. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974), was a member of the British royal family. He was the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947, the only prince to hold the post.
- 14 June 1974, Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
- Mary of Teck
- Sarah Crocker
- Henry VIII. It's hard to pick the most infamous king in British history, but the Tudor-era Henry VIII is surely in the upper ranks of the nation's most poorly-behaved monarchs.
- Henry I. Going by the numbers, the 12th-century English ruler Henry I could have the most illegitimate children of all British monarchs. According to historians, he had more than 20 acknowledged illegitimate children, who sometimes proved to be useful allies when given decent titles, strategic posts, and key marriages.
- Princess Margaret. Elizabeth II's sister, Princess Margaret, proved herself to be something of a wild child early on. Even though she was the daughter of George VI and the sister of the queen, she didn't always behave like the buttoned-up royals around her.
- Prince George, Duke of Kent. As the younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and uncle to Elizabeth II, Prince George, Duke of Kent was close to the highest echelons of royal power and a fixture of the British social circuit.
In the 1930s, the British Royal Family was wracked by scandal: Prince Henry had embarked on an affair with a married woman named Beryl Markham, and now details of this affair were threatening to ...
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Nov 7, 2022 · The third son of King George V and Queen Mary, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was born on 31 March 1900. He was the first son of a monarch to be educated at school and went onto study at Eton Col…
Prince Henry died on 10 June 1974 at the age of 74. He was the last surviving child of King George V and Queen Mary. He was buried in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore. His second son, Prince Richard, inherited the title of Duke of Gloucester.
