OTD 27 August 1968 Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
December 13th. 1906 marked the birth of a young royal girl in Athens (Greece). The name of the young girl was: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Princess Marina and her sisters - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Prince Nicolas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II). Near the end of 1906 Princess Marina was baptised and she received a lot of godparents inter alia: - King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); - King of the United Kingdom (her great uncle); - Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh); - Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle).... In 1932 Princess Marina met her future husband Prince George, Duke of Kent. On November 29th. 1934 the two married at Westminster Abbey in London. That wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Princess Marina of Greece and