page_title: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
section_title: Married life
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark / Marriage and children / Married life
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), painted in 1934.
context_page_description: Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, CI, GCVO, GBE, later known as The Duchess of Kent, was a princess of the Greek royal house, who married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael.
  The Princess was widowed in 1942, when her husband was killed in a plane crash on active service. In later life, she carried out many royal engagements, including the independence celebrations for Ghana and Botswana.
context_section_description: The Duke and Duchess set up their first home at 3 Belgrave Square, close to Buckingham Palace. She became a patroness of several organizations and charities, including the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, the Women's Hospital Fund, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. She would continue to support these charities and institutions for the rest of her life. She became very close to her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, with whom she would usually spend time while her husband was off performing his own royal duties.
  The couple had three children:
  Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (9 October 1935): he married Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley on 8 June 1961. They have three children.
  Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (25 December 1936): she married Rt. Hon. Sir Angus James Robert Bruce Ogilvy, son of David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke, on 24 April 1963. They had two children.
  Prince Michael of Kent (4 July 1942): he married Marie Christine von Reibnitz on 30 June 1978. They have two children.
  The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, while on active service with the Royal Air Force. The Duchess, according to royal biographer Hugo Vickers, was "the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay
  death duties".
  During World War II, Marina was trained as a nurse for three months under the pseudonym "Sister Kay" and joined the civil nurse reserve.
caption: Portrait by Philip de László, 1934
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