page_title: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
section_title: Marriage and personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent / Marriage and personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Duke and Duchess of Kent on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, June 2013
context_page_description: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, CD, ADC is a member of the British royal family. He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through their fathers, Prince George, Duke of Kent, and King George VI. Because his mother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Edward is both a first cousin once removed and second cousin to Prince Charles and his siblings.
  He has held the title of Duke of Kent since the age of six, after the death of his father in a plane crash in 1942. He carries out engagements on behalf of the Queen. He is president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, presenting the trophies to the Wimbledon champion and runner-up, and served as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, retiring in 2001. He is president of The Scout Association, the Royal United Services Institute, and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and since 1967 Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England. He is also patron of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
context_section_description: The Duke of Kent married Katharine Worsley at York Minster on 8 June 1961. Katharine is the only daughter of Sir William Arthrington Worsley, 4th Bt., and his wife, Joyce Morgan Brunner. They have three living children:
  George, Earl of St Andrews, born 26 June 1962 at Coppins; married Sylvana Tomaselli
  Lady Helen Taylor, born 28 April 1964 at Coppins; married Timothy Taylor
  Lord Nicholas Windsor, born 25 July 1970 at King's College Hospital in London; married, 2006, Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan
  Lord Patrick Windsor, stillborn 5 October 1977
  His wife converted to Catholicism in 1994. Because this conversion occurred after their marriage, it did not cause the Duke to lose his place in the line of succession, as the Act of Settlement 1701 only applied where the spouse was a Catholic at the time of marriage. The disqualification by marrying a Catholic was removed by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. The couple's son, Nicholas, also converted to Catholicism and he is excluded from the line of succession in accordance with the Act of Settlement 1701 which continue to bar Catholics from the throne. 
  The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House, Kensington Palace, in London.
  The Duke had a mild stroke on the morning of 18 March 2013. In April 2015, he suffered from a hip injury and was hospitalised at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for further treatments.
caption: The Duke and Duchess of Kent, 2013
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