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{{Short description|Duchess of Kent (1906–1968)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Princess Marina
| title        = [[Duchess of Kent]] ([[#Titles, honours, and arms|more]])
| image        = Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark in King George VI´s Coronation (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Marina at the [[coronation of George VI]] in 1937
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Prince George, Duke of Kent]]|29 November 1934|25 August 1942|end=died<!--Please do not link, see [[WP:OVERLINK]]-->}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]
* [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]]
* [[Prince Michael of Kent]]}}
| house        = [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]]<!--Do not add a royal house or dynasty unless you have an official source. People are born into dynasties of ruling families. Whether or not a person is confirmed to belong to a dynasty by marriage requires a source that proves that fact. -->
| father       = [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]]
| mother       = [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1906|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1968|08|27|1906|12|13|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Kensington Palace]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
| burial_date  = 30 August 1968
| burial_place = [[Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore]]
| signature    = PrincessMarinaOfKentSignature.svg
}}

'''Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark''' ({{langx|el|Μαρίνα}}; {{OldStyleDate|13 December|1906|30 November}}{{spaced ndash}}27 August 1968), later '''Duchess of Kent''', was a [[List of princesses of Greece|Greek]] and [[List of princesses of Denmark|Danish princess]] by birth and a [[British princess]] by marriage. A granddaughter of [[George I of Greece|King George I of Greece]] and [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga]], she was the daughter of [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]] and [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]]. In 1934, she married [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]], the fourth son of [[George V|King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]]. They had three children: [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent|Prince Edward]], [[Princess Alexandra (born 1936)|Princess Alexandra]], and [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince Michael]]. She was widowed in 1942, when her husband was [[Dunbeath air crash|killed in a plane crash]] while on active service, and remained active in royal duties throughout her later life, attending public engagements across [[Commonwealth of Nations|the Commonwealth]], including the independence celebrations for [[Ghana]] and [[Botswana]]. She died in 1968, aged 61.

==Early life==
[[File:Princess Marina of Greece.png|left|thumb|Princess Marina in 1920]]
Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in [[Athens]], Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, [[George I of Greece]].<ref name=etimes68/> She was the third and youngest daughter of [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]], and his wife [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]].<ref name=smh68aug>{{cite news|title=Marina, a tragic but well-loved Princess|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BLIpAAAAIBAJ&pg=3140,8817486&dq=princess+marina&hl=en|access-date=24 July 2013|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 August 1968|location=London}}</ref> Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga]],<ref name=mgaz34/> while her mother was the only daughter of [[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich]] and [[Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1854-1920)|Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia]]. Her father was a grandson of [[Christian IX of Denmark]], while her mother was a granddaughter of [[Emperor Alexander II of Russia]].<ref name=mjour34/>

Marina had two elder sisters, [[Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark|Princess Olga]] and [[Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark|Princess Elizabeth]]. Olga married [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia]] in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, [[King Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I of Yugoslavia]], Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Elizabeth married [[Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria#Marriage and issue|Carl Theodor, Count of Toeering-Jettenbach]] in 1934.<ref name=Burke>{{cite book|editor-last=Montgomery-Massingberd|editor-first=Hugh|editor-link=Hugh Massingberd|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|volume=1: Europe & Latin America|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage Ltd]]|year=1977|isbn=0-85011-023-8|language=en|page=326}}</ref> One of their paternal uncles was [[Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark]], the father of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] (making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins).

Marina spent her early years in Greece, and lived with her parents and paternal grandparents at [[Tatoi Palace]]. Along with her sisters, she was raised to be devout and religious, which was encouraged by her grandmother, [[Queen Olga of Greece]].<ref>King, pg. 37</ref> Marina's family travelled outside of Greece often, especially during the summer months. Her first recorded visit to Britain was in 1910, when she was 3, after the death of her godfather, Edward VII. During that visit, she met her other godmother and future mother-in-law, Queen Mary, who treated Marina and her sisters like her own children.<ref>King, pg. 39</ref>

The Greek royal family was forced into exile when Marina was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy.<ref name=mjour34/> They later moved to [[Paris]], while the Princess stayed with her extended family throughout Europe.

==Marriage and children==

===Wedding ceremony===
{{further|Wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina}}
[[File:Princess Marina 1934.jpg|thumb|right|Princess Marina on her wedding day]]
In 1932, Marina and [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|Prince George]] (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through [[Christian IX of Denmark]], met in London.<ref name=mjour34>{{cite news|title=Princess Marina called luckiest girl in the world by relatives|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F2k1AAAAIBAJ&pg=5795,1047292&dq=princess+marina&hl=en|access-date=24 July 2013|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=23 November 1934|agency=Associated Press|location=Athens}}</ref> Their betrothal was announced in August 1934.<ref name=mgaz34>{{cite news|title=Prince George son of King, to be married|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0owjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6110,3145586&hl=en|access-date=24 July 2013|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=28 August 1934|agency=CP and AP|location=London}}</ref> George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34094|date=9 October 1934|page=6365|city=London}}</ref> On 29 November 1934, they married at [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]].<ref name=smh1934>{{cite news|title=King and Queen see rehearsals|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jOpUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7191,2539668&dq=princess+marina&hl=en|access-date=24 July 2013|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 November 1934}}</ref> The wedding was a grand affair, as it had been more than eleven years since the last royal wedding with [[Prince Albert, Duke of York]], and [[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). The wedding of George and Marina was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast by wireless, and with the use of other technology, such as microphones—the control room was located underneath the Unknown Warrior's tomb of Westminster Abbey. The service was broadcast locally and abroad to other nations, and loudspeakers allowed spectators from outside the Abbey to hear the proceedings.<ref>King, pg. 125</ref> The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at [[Buckingham Palace]], which was converted into an Orthodox chapel for the ceremony.<ref name=smh1934/> The wedding was the most recent occasion on which a princess from another royal family married into the British royal family.

===Married life===
[[File:Duchess of Kent.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Portrait by [[Philip de László]], 1934]]
The Duke and Duchess set up their first home at 3 Belgrave Square, close to Buckingham Palace.<ref>King, pg. 136.</ref> She became a patroness of several organizations and charities, including the [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital]], the Women's Hospital Fund, and the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]]. She would continue to support these charities and institutions for the rest of her life.<ref>King, pg. 143</ref> She became very close to her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, with whom she would usually spend time while her husband was off performing his own royal duties.<ref>King, pg. 144</ref>

The couple had three children:

*[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] (born 9 October 1935). He married [[Katharine Worsley]] on 8 June 1961. They have three children.
*[[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]] (born 25 December 1936). She married the Hon. [[Angus Ogilvy]], son of [[David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie]] and Lady Alexandra [[Earl of Leicester#Seventh creation (1837)|Coke]], on 24 April 1963. They have two children.
*[[Prince Michael of Kent]] (born 4 July 1942). He married [[Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz]] on 30 June 1978. They have two children.

The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an [[Dunbeath air crash|airplane crash]] at Eagle's Rock, near Dunbeath, [[Caithness]], Scotland, while on active service with the [[Royal Air Force]]. The Duchess, according to royal biographer [[Hugo Vickers]], was "the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay
death duties".<ref>Hugo Vickers, ''Elizabeth, The Queen Mother'', Hutchinson, 2005, p. 230</ref>

During World War II, Marina was trained as a nurse for three months under the [[pseudonym]] "Sister Kay" and joined the civil nurse reserve.<ref name=smh68aug/>

==Later life and death==
[[File:St Mark, Westmoreland Road, Bromley - Foundation stone - geograph.org.uk - 1766686.jpg|thumb|The foundation stone of St Mark's, Bromley, laid by the Duchess]]

After her husband's death, the Duchess of Kent continued to be an active member of the British royal family, carrying out a wide range of royal and official engagements.<ref name=etimes68>{{cite news|title=Marina won Britain's heart|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ARo-AAAAIBAJ&pg=3482,3001558&dq=princess+alexandra&hl=en|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=Evening Times|date=27 August 1968}}</ref> She was the president of the Wimbledon [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] for 26 years.<ref name=smh68aug/> She was also the president of the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] from 1943 until her death and was awarded the RNLI's gold medal in 1967 to mark this contribution.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hidden Depths: Women of the RNLI|last=Hennessy|first=Sue|publisher=The History Press|year=2010|isbn=9780752454436|pages=140–1}}</ref> 

In 1947, Marina visited Greece and Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkGzTcN0GDE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/hkGzTcN0GDE| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Duchess Of Kent In Greece (1947)|publisher=YouTube|work=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|access-date=25 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlirm-buLyk| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/wlirm-buLyk| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=The Duchess Of Kent Visits Italy (1947)|publisher=YouTube|work=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|access-date=25 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 1952 the Duchess laid the foundation stone of the new [[St Mark's Church, Bromley|St Mark's Church]] in [[Bromley]], London, which had been damaged in the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarksbromley.co.uk/St%20Mark's%20History.pdf|title=St Mark's History|author=Robin Waldron|publisher=St Mark's Church Bromley|edition=2011|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713072109/http://www.stmarksbromley.co.uk/St%20Mark's%20History.pdf|archive-date=13 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1952, the Duchess also visited [[Sarawak]] (then a British [[Crown Colony]]), where she laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of St Thomas in [[Kuching]]. She also visited the [[Batu Lintang camp]], a Japanese internment camp during [[World War II]] which had been converted to a teacher training college, and the city of [[Sibu]], where she opened the outpatient department of the Lau Kheng Howe Hospital.<ref>Sarawak Gazette 1952</ref>

In 1954 Marina was granted an Apartment at [[Kensington Palace]] as a permanent grace-and-favour residence in London. During her early widowhood Marina had often stayed with her mother-in-law [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] at the latter's London Residence at [[Marlborough House]]; however the old Queen's death in 1953 had created a need for Marina to have a London base on her own. The Apartment had stood vacant for nearly fifteen years, having previously been the home of [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]] prior to her death in 1939. Louise's apartment was deemed too large for Marina's needs, its eastern half was divided to create Apartment ''1A''. The budget for the conversion and renovation works was budgeted at £80,000 but ultimately cost £127,000. During the works, Marina was reportedly on the verge of removing an original Wren staircase inside Apartment 1, finding it "too much like a servant's staircase", and too narrow for descending in full evening dress; the staircase was preserved after palace officials intervened to prevent its destruction.<ref name="Quinn207">{{cite book |last=Quinn |first=Tom |title=Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle |publisher=Biteback Publishing |date=2021 |edition=Kindle |page=207 |isbn=978-1785905919}}</ref> Marina and her three children took up residence in October 1955, and Apartment 1 continued to be her home until her death in 1968.<ref name="Warwick">{{cite book |last=Warwick |first=Christopher |title=George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent |publisher=Albert Bridge Books |date=2016 |edition=2nd |type=Kindle edition |pages=loc 2703–2741 |isbn=978-1909771154}}</ref>

In March 1957, when the [[Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast]] achieved independence from Britain as [[Ghana]], the Duchess of Kent was appointed to represent the Queen at the celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfyLLifAdg4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/CfyLLifAdg4| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Birth Of A New State (1957)|publisher=YouTube|work=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|access-date=21 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fifty years later, at the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence, her son, Edward, Duke of Kent, was appointed by the Queen to represent her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/Duke-of-Kent-unveils-plaque-for-military-project-120399|title=Duke of Kent unveils plaque for military project|publisher=Ghana Web|work=Ghana Armed Forces|date=7 March 2007|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Carvalho Pinto e Duquesa de Kent (1960).jpg|thumb|Marina with the governor of São Paulo, Carvalho Pinto, in 1960]]
Marina earned a place in the [[International Best Dressed List]] Hall of Fame in 1960 together with the [[Grace Kelly|Princess of Monaco]], Patricia Lopez-Willshaw and [[Merle Oberon]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Ultimate Style - The Best of the Best Dressed List|isbn= 2-84323-513-8 | year=2004|last1= Zilkha |first1= Bettina |publisher= Assouline }}</ref> In 1964, she took an extensive tour of Australia and officially opened [[Gladesville Bridge]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGKa6jEszLY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/KGKa6jEszLY| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Princess Marina's Visit To Australia AKA Princess Marina In Australia (1964)|publisher=YouTube|work=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|access-date=25 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In September and October 1966, when the British Protectorates of Bechuanaland and Basutoland became the new Republic of [[Botswana]] and the Kingdom of Lesotho respectively, Marina was appointed again to represent the Queen at both celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/fireworksatmidnight.htm|title=The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies|first=Stephen|last=Luscombe|website=www.britishempire.co.uk|access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref> The main public hospital in [[Gaborone]], the new Botswana's capital, is named "Princess Marina Hospital". She was the Chancellor of the [[University of Kent|University of Kent at Canterbury]] from 1963 until her death.

Marina died of a [[brain tumour]] at [[Kensington Palace]] at 11.40 am on 27 August 1968, aged 61.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCQrAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|isbn=978-0-333-54577-5}}</ref><ref name=etimes68/> Her funeral service was held at [[St. George's Chapel, Windsor|St. George's Chapel]] on 30 August.<ref name=windsor>{{cite news|title=Five Queens at funeral of Duchess|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yEU_AAAAIBAJ&pg=5672,1298801&dq=princess+marina&hl=en|access-date=24 July 2013|newspaper=The Windsor Star|date=31 August 1968|agency=Reuters|location=Windsor}}</ref> She was buried at the [[Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/30/newsid_3067000/3067773.stm|title=1968: Princess Marina laid to rest|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1976|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> Her funeral was the last royal ceremony attended by her brother-in-law, the former king [[Edward VIII]].<ref>Ziegler, Philip (1991). ''King Edward VIII: The official biography''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. {{ISBN|0-394-57730-2}}, pp. 554-556.</ref> Her will was sealed in London after her death in 1968. Her estate was valued at £76,166 (or £940,600 in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Rob |last2=Pegg |first2=David |title=£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=en |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

==Legacy==

Princess Marina gave her name to many facilities, including:
* Princess Marina College, [[Arborfield]], Berkshire
* Princess Marina House, a facility of the [[Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund]] at [[Rustington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafbf.org/141/about-princess-marina-house.html|title=Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund|publisher=About Princess Marina House|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217143046/http://www.rafbf.org/141/about-princess-marina-house.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Princess Marina Hospital, [[Upton, Northamptonshire]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=2577|title=Overview - NHS Choices |publisher=Princess Marina Hospital|date=10 August 2010|access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
* Princess Marina Hospital, [[Gaborone]], Botswana
* Princess Marina Sports Complex, [[Rickmansworth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weloverickmansworth.co.uk/go/1215-princess-marina-sports-complex/|title=Princess Marina Sports Complex|publisher=We Love Rickmansworth|access-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108032514/http://www.weloverickmansworth.co.uk/go/1215-princess-marina-sports-complex/|archive-date=8 January 2009}}</ref>
* [[Duchess of Kent Hospital]], [[Sandakan]], [[Sabah]], Malaysia
* Institute of Teacher Education Kent Campus, [[Tuaran]], [[Sabah]], Malaysia

==References in popular culture==
* [[The Kinks]] recorded "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" for their 1969 album ''[[Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]''.<ref name=thekinks>{{cite web|title=She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina|url=http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=348|work=The Kinks|access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> The song was written by [[Ray Davies]].<ref name=thekinks/> 
* In 2017, [[Clare Holman]] portrayed Princess Marina in the season 2 finale of ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.

==Titles, styles, honours, and arms==
===Titles and styles===
Marina was known as the Princess Marina of Greece.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34103 |date=9 November 1934 |page=7155 |nolink=yes}}</ref> Upon marriage she became known as ''Her Royal Highness'' The Duchess of Kent,<ref name="1935-St. John"/><ref name="Victorian-Order"/> and was later titled ''Her Royal Highness'' The Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.<ref name="Electrical and Mechanical"/>

===Honours===
'''Commonwealth'''
*'''GCStJ:''' Dame Grand Cross of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], 1935<ref name="1935-St. John">{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=34174|page=4084|date=25 June 1935}}</ref>
*'''CI:''' Companion of the [[Order of the Crown of India]], 1937<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34406/supplements/3729 |title=Viewing Page 3729 of Issue 34406|work=London Gazette|date=8 June 1937|access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>
*'''GBE:''' Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the British Empire]], 1937
*'''GCVO:''' Dame Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]], 1948<ref name="Victorian-Order">{{London Gazette |issue=38161 |date=30 December 1947 |page=9 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>
*Recipient of the [[King George VI Coronation Medal]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34453|page=7033|date=10 November 1937|supp=y}}</ref>
*Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]<ref>
{{London Gazette|issue=40020|page=6225|date=20 November 1953|supp=y}}</ref>
*[[Royal Family Order of King George V]]<ref name=hugo>{{cite book|last1=Vickers|first1=Hugo|title=Royal Orders|year=1994|publisher=Boxtree|isbn=9781852835101|pages=147}}</ref>
*[[Royal Family Order of King George VI]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Risk |first1=James |title=Royal Service Volume II |date=2001 |publisher=Third Millennium |location=London |isbn=1903942047 |pages=13–46 |edition=first}}</ref>
*[[Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II]]<ref name=hugo/>

'''Foreign'''
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria|Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |title=Reply to a parliamentary question |language=de |page=214 |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

'''Dynastic'''
*{{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[House of Romanov]]: [[Order of Saint Catherine|Dame Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saintanna.ru/?lang=rus&id=48|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313050458/http://www.saintanna.ru/?lang=rus&id=48|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2012|title=SAINTANNA.RU - Св. Екатерины|website=saintanna.ru|access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Kingdom of Greece]]: [[Order of Saints Olga and Sophia|Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia]]

===Honorary military appointments===
[[File:Hrh the Duchess of Kent Visits Greenwich To Inspect Wrens, 1941. A4433.jpg|thumb|right|The Duchess inspecting cadets of the [[Women's Royal Naval Service|WRNS]] officers' training course, 1941]]
;Canada
* {{Flagicon|CAN|army}} Colonel-in-Chief, [[The Essex and Kent Scottish]] (1942 – 1968)<ref>{{citation| url=https://ekscot.org/army-reserve/key-appointments/| author=The Essex and Kent Scottish| title=Key Appointments| publisher=The Scottish Borderers Foundation| accessdate=15 November 2023}}</ref>

;United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|UK|army}} Colonel-in-Chief, of [[The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_vCD8a941Q| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/v_vCD8a941Q| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=London Honours Duchess Aka City Honours Duchess Of Kent (1952)|publisher=YouTube|work=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|access-date=25 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37951 |supp=y |date=9 May 1947 |page=2111 |nolink=yes}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK|army}} Colonel-in-Chief, of the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rememuseum.org.uk/blog/collections-in-focus-the-princess-marina-brooch|title=Collections in Focus: The Princess Marina Brooch|publisher=REME Museum|date=2 March 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Electrical and Mechanical">{{London Gazette |issue=43141 |supp=y |date=22 October 1963 |page=8761 |nolink=yes}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK|army}} Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15387 |date=14 May 1937 |page=395 |nolink=yes |city=e}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK|army}} Honorary Colonel, of the Buckinghamshire Regiment, RA (Territorials)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44365 |date=14 July 1967 |page=7882 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK|naval}} Commandant, [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] (1940–1968) (Chief Commandant from 1951)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Celia |chapter=Princess Marina the Duchess of Kent as Commandant of the WRNS during the Second World War |title=Women in War: from home front to front line |editor-last=Lee |editor-first=Celia |location=Barnsley |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |year=2012 |pages=101–116 |isbn=9781848846692}}</ref>

===Arms===
{{Gallery|noborder=yes|width=250|height=200|mode=nolines|align=center
|File:Coat of Arms of Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent.svg|Coat of arms of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
|File:Royal Monogram of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent.svg|Royal monogram of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
}}

==Ancestry==
{{See also|Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark}}

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| 1= 1. '''Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent'''
| 2= 2. [[Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark]]
| 3= 3. [[Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia]]
| 4= 4. [[George I of Greece]]
| 5= 5. [[Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia]]
| 6= 6. [[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia]]
| 7= 7. [[Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| 8= 8. [[Christian IX of Denmark]]
| 9= 9. [[Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel]]
| 10= 10. [[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia]]
| 11= 11. [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg]]
| 12= 12. [[Alexander II of Russia]]
| 13= 13. [[Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine]]
| 14= 14. [[Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| 15= 15. [[Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz]]
}}

==See also==
*[[List of people with brain tumours]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* [[James Wentworth Day|Day, J. Wentworth]]. ''H.R.H. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent'' (Robert Hale, 1962)
* King, Stella. ''Princess Marina: Her Life and Times'' (Cox & Wyman Ltd, 1969)

==External links==
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