Michael Gallery

Mrs (later Lady) Dorothy D'Oyly Carte, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook

Mrs (later Lady) Dorothy D'Oyly Carte, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook and wife of Rupert D'Oyly Carte, the impresario behind Gilbert and Sullivan and the Savoy Hotel, pictured with her two children, Bridget and Michael. Michael was tragically killed in a car crash in Switzerland in 1932, aged 21. Date: 1919

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The Duke and Duchess of Kent and children

Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968) and their two eldest children, Edward (born 1935 and the current Duke of Kent) and Alexandra (born 1936). The fourth son of George V and Queen Mary, the Duke was killed in a plane crash in August 1942 on his way to Iceland, only weeks after the birth of his son, Prince Michael of Kent

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Prince Philip of Greece & Milford Havens at Maidenhead

Celebrities at the Maidenhead Fishery Club in 1931. From left, the Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Countess Nada Torby, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, her daughter, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, the Marquess of Milford Haven (formerly Prince George of Battenberg), Prince Philip of Greece (now Duke of Edinburgh), the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse (Princess Louis of Battenberg), daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. On the right is the Count de Torby, Nada's brother Michael. Prince Philip would regularly spend school holidays with the Milford Havens - George was his uncle on his mother's side and the dowager Marchioness his grandmother. Date: 1931

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