Word: kent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dignified Prince Edward, after dining for a last time with his Queen Mother, new King George VI, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, drove last week at great speed through night and fog to Portsmouth, intending to embark on the Admiralty Yacht. At the last moment this plan was changed; the name of the yacht is the Enchantress. It was dignified to sail instead on the British destroyer Fury, and "His Grace, the Duke of Windsor"-as Prince Edward was created this week by King George VI-debarked at Boulogne into a private...
...column of flame seen by rustics in eight counties round about and was called the biggest London blaze since the historic "Great Fire" of 1666. One of 90 fire engines which struggled vainly to save the Exhibition Hall accidentally soused His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, the youngest son of Queen Mary, who was nicknamed by playfellows at school as "The Scent Bottle." In last week's unreeling of an Empire crisis, sleek, scented Kent was most of the time an orchidaceous extra waiting on the lot while British bigwigs performed the stellar roles in Edvardus Rex. Scenes...
...Fielden, is under orders to keep His Majesty's private plane tuned day & night, ready for instant takeoff. The pitch of the crisis remains screwed up to a dry screech. His Majesty King Edward VIII refuses to receive even his royal brothers, the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Kent...
...Under the British Law the succession is: first, the Duke of York; second, his elder daughter Princess Elizabeth; third, her younger sister Princess Margaret Rose; fourth the Duke of Gloucester; fifth, the Duke of Kent; sixth, his son Prince Edward; seventh, Princess Mary; eighth, her elder son who enjoys the courtesy title of Viscount Lascelles; ninth, his brother Master Gerald David Lascelles...
...Inskip, Inc., successors to defunct Rolls-Royce of America Inc. in importing the English article. On their floor was one of the extremely few Phantom III models yet manufactured by Rolls-Royce Ltd., one of the first of these 12-cylinder cars having gone to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. This car (see cut) is priced in Manhattan...