Read part two here. These years were unhappy times in the Kent marriage. In 1976, she was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with mild anaemia. Around this time, the Duke decided to leave the army, and he was appointed as the vice-chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board. The following year, Katharine was [read more]
Read part one here. In response, she left the country. Katharine took a friend with her to Canada, and they planned a trip by greyhound bus to Mexico. She briefly took a job in a Canadian department store to save up more money for the trip. As she eventually reached her final destination, a bouquet [read more]
The future Duchess of Kent was born Katharine Mary Lucy Worsley on 22 February 1933 as the daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Bt. and Joyce Brunner. She was their fourth child and first daughter. Although the idyll of her birthplace of Hovingham Hall might easily be romanticised, Katharine was separated from her brothers during [read more]
From their first meeting on 10 January 1931, Wallis Simpson slowly rose to become the Prince of Wales’ favourite. In early 1932, Wallis and Ernest entertained the Prince in their flat at Bryanston Court for the first time. He stayed until 4 a.m. and even asked for one of her recipes. At the end of [read more]
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was born on 17 August 1786 as the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf. Her parents had a total of ten children, of which seven survived to adulthood. Victoria’s sister Juliane married Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, while another sister named Antoinette married Duke Alexander [read more]
The future Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III, and the widowed Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She had come ahead in the unexpected baby race between her uncles, following the death of the future King George IV’s only legitimate child, Charlotte of [read more]
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