As a male-line granddaughter of the British monarch, she was styled as a British princess with the prefix Her Royal Highness. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her cousins Elizabeth and Margaret , her uncle the Duke of Gloucester , her father the Duke of Kent , and her elder brother Prince Edward.
Of her godparents, only the King and Queen and Lord Athlone were present. Princess Alexandra spent most of her childhood at her family's country house, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire.
Her father was killed in an aeroplane crash near Caithness, Scotland on 25 August while serving in the Royal Air Force. Patricia Mountbatten. The Queen is Princess Alexandra's paternal first cousin; the Duke of Edinburgh is Princess Alexandra's maternal first cousin once removed. Princess Alexandra has the distinction of being the first British princess to have attended a boarding school, Heathfield School near Ascot.
The bride wore a wedding gown of Valenciennes lace, with matching veil and train, designed by John Cavanagh with the City of London diamond fringe tiara. The Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey conducted the service. Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer of an Earldom upon marriage. This meant that any children they might have would carry no titles at all. Angus Ogilvy remained in line to the Earldom of Airlie until his death.
He was knighted in when Princess Alexandra assumed the style of The Hon. Lady Ogilvy , later being sworn of the Privy Council in Since the late s, Princess Alexandra has carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of the Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly engagements each year, Princess Alexandra was one of the most active members of the royal family and officially opened the Newton Building on 5 June She also returned to the university in when she opened the new Bonington Building.
She made engagements in Friday was an exciting day for the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra, whose granddaughter Flora Alexandra Ogilvy had a marriage blessing with her…. At the age of just twelve, Princess Anne took on the big responsibility of chief bridesmaid for the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra.
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Royal weddings are one of the most anticipated events of the year, but even the royals aren't immune to the effects of COVID At the time of her birth, Princess Alexandra was sixth in line to the British throne, but now she is 53rd in the line of succession. The Princess is also royal on her mother's side, with ties to Greece, Denmark, and Russia.
Alexandra is the second child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Her older brother, Prince Edward , became the new Duke of Kent when, in , their father died tragically in a wartime flying accident.
The siblings also have a younger brother, Prince Michael of Kent. At age 11, rather than being homeschooled, Alexandra became the first British princess to attend regular school. The Princess went to Heathfield School, a boarding school near Ascot. She later studied in Paris. A young Princess Anne was Princess Alexandra's chief bridesmaid.
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