Princess Alexandra | |||||
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The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (more) | |||||
Princess Alexandra in 2010
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Born |
3 Belgrave Square, London |
25 December 1936 ||||
Spouse | Angus Ogilvy (m. 1963; d. 2004) |
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Issue |
James Ogilvy Marina Ogilvy |
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House | Windsor | ||||
Father | Prince George, Duke of Kent | ||||
Mother | Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark |
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Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel |
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, KG, GCVO (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936) is the youngest granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary.
She is the widow of Sir Angus Ogilvy, as of January 2017, she is 50th in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 states; at the time of her birth in 1936, she was sixth.
Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent (the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary) and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra; her grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia; and both of her maternal aunts, Countess Elizabeth of Törring-Jettenbach and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia. She received the name Christabel because she was born on Christmas Day, like her aunt by marriage, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Her birth was the last to have the tradition of having the Home Secretary present to verify the birth of potential heirs to the throne. Secretary Sir John Simon was present and was the last to do this.