George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent

George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent

For eight brief years, before he was tragically killed in a mysterious air crash during the Second World War, Prince George, Duke of Kent, son of King George V and Queen Mary, and his beautiful wife, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, were the British monarchyâ€™s, indeed, high societyâ€™s, most glamorous royal couple; and as golden royal icons they are still remembered.
As a young man, voraciously addicted to drugs and sex, with men as much as women, marriage and parenthood for the impetuously wayward playboy prince, with his night-clubbing lifestyle and intimate liaisons, was seen as the only stabilizing influence. Enter the stylish and sophisticated Princess Marina, the cultured, artistic and multilingual youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and his Russian-born wife, Grand Duchess Yelena Vladimirovna. As Duke and Duchess of Kent, George and Marina were the Crownâ€™s most glittering representatives, not least in the aftermath of the Abdication of Georgeâ€™s adored elder brother, the briefly-reigned King Edward VIII; the man with whom he had not only shared both home and high-flying lifestyles, but who had helped cure him of his addiction to morphine and cocaine.
On and off duty, the Duke and Duchess lived life to the full, and after Georgeâ€™s untimely death, Marina continued to do so during the twenty-six years of her widowhood. Revisiting his 1988 best-selling biography, George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent, Christopher Warwick, in this revised and partly re-written study, tells their story anew.
Country USA
Manufacturer Albert Bridge Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-01-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Albert Bridge Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-01-03
Format	Kindle eBook

George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent

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