Circa 1950, at Coppins in Buckinghamshire, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, balanced private motherhood with public duty after Prince George’s 1942 death. Her eldest son Edward, Duke of Kent, then fourteen, was preparing for Eton while absorbing royal responsibility shaped by wartime loss. Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael, still children, experienced a quieter royal upbringing, insiders recalling Marina’s insistence on normal routines despite court expectations. Visits from Queen Mary, dis

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