Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936-). Daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark; granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom and of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Was the first British princess to attend boarding school. Married the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, a businessman, at Westminster Abbey in 1963, and is the mother of two children.

Figure 10.1. Judy Cassab (Australian), HRH Princess Alexandra (b. 1936), GCVO, in Evening Dress, 1960, oil on board, H 180 x W 33 cm, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow (on loan from the P&O Art Collection), 0039, source: Art UK.

1960s

Wedding dress, 1963

Figure 10.2. Popperfoto, Princess Alexandra is pictured in her wedding gown prior to her marriage to Angus Ogilvy, London, April 24th, 1963, Getty Images, source: Town & Country.
Figure 10.3. John Cavanagh (Irish), Princess Alexandra of Kent’s wedding dress, 1963, source: British Vogue.

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