Príncipe Michael de Kent y su familia

si lo tentre

Estos dos me caen bien. Será porque al príncipe le gustan los coches como a mí, y está siempre en actos y eventos relacionados... o porque son un poco "
sobrevivientes"
, a los escándalos, a los problemas financieros, a los "
ninguneos"
de la familia real... y siempre con ese porte regio, más majestuoso sin duda que cualquiera de los hijos (o nietos) de la Reina. Además de que saben estar cuando les toca cubrir algún acto público, y han sabido hacerse "
nichos"
en los lugares más impensados. Seguramente el príncipe es un excelente embajador de facto ante la confederación rusa.
Ojalá no tuvieran que subastar nada, por más que sus problemas vengan de sus malos negocios.

abijms escribió:Marie Christine y Michael de Kent: Primavera de 2010 en Rusia


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que tiara tan hermosa !!!

que hermosa fotografía! la composición es regia, con las flores, el vestuario y el gato incluido!

gracias por compartirla

glorisabel escribió:Bueno, distinguida Margravesa, a lo mejor lo han hecho, pero sin darle publicidad. ¿Se imagina usted a Lord Cat of Kent?

Pues no está nada mal eso de Lord Cat of Kent...

glorisabel escribió:Bueno, distinguida Margravesa, a lo mejor lo han hecho, pero sin darle publicidad. ¿Se imagina usted a Lord Cat of Kent?

mira glori, que me has dado una excelente idea para el próximo minino que adoptemos en casa !

:-) lady edwina mountbatten , murió en 1960, su esposo lord luis mountbatten murió en atentado terrorista en 1979, fueron los ultimos virreyes britanicos de la india en 1947, y me parece que lady edwina fue amante del padre de indira gandhi.
la boda en 1922 tuvo como invitada de honor por vivir en londres a la zarina viuda maria de rusia.

Los Kent en el estreno de Aida en la Royal Opera House.
27 de abril de 2010.




Fotografías: Daylife.

Hasta tengo entendido, esta pareja vive de apariencias... pero creo que lo saben llevar muy bien...

La Duquesa a pesar de ser media bruja, pienso que es una mujer muy elegante.. en Ascot es una de las que mejor va vestida.... y su esposo se ve un autentico caballero....

Esta mujer durante un tiempo fue novia de Carlos Falcó, el marqués de Grinón.

Lady Gabriella Windsor en la boda del Príncipe Nikolaos de Grecia y Tatiana Blatnik, 25 de agosto de 2010

esta muchacha tan guapa no tiene novio.?? sé que tuvo uno hace un par de años, uno arabe creo. me imagino el grito en el cielo de su madre al enterarse..

Ahora no tiene novio.

La sangre rusa del príncipe Michael de Kent le viene por parte materna. Su abuela era la gran duquesa Helena Vladimirovna, hermana y tía de los Jefes de la Familia Romanov en el exilio. Según las LF, de agotarse la línea de la gran duquesa María Vladimirovna, seguirían las de: María y Kira Kirillovna y Helena Vladimirovna. Por lo tanto, el príncipe Michael de Kent o mejor dicho su descendencia -en caso de la extinción mencionada y que se extendiera a las de María y Kira- siguiendo el orden establecido podría llegar a ostentar la Jefatura de la Casa Romanov...


Russia hails Prince Michael, the Royal Family member with Tsarist blood in his veins
Prince Michael of Kent is admired throughout Russia - and not just for the Tsarist blood in his veins. On a visit last week he was building bridges to Britain, says Andrew Alderson.
By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter Saratov
Published: 7:30AM BST 26 Sep 2010

It was Prince Michael of Kent's short aside, delivered before he began his official speech at the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theatre, that was the crowd-pleaser for his predominantly Russian audience.

At the end of a lavish three-course dinner that acted as the extended interval for the night's entertainment, the Queen's cousin said a single sentence in English before delivering an address in word-perfect Russian.

"
Every time I hear Russian music, I feel very emotional and fired up because I have Russian blood in my veins,"
he said to loud applause.

Only here in Russia does Prince Michael receive the respect - even adulation - that eludes him back in Britain. Perhaps it is his fluent command of Russian and his uncanny physical likeness to Tsar Nicholas II, the last of the ruling Romanov dynasty who was ousted in the February Revolution of 1917 before being executed the next year. The Tsar was Prince Michael's grandmother's first cousin.

Or it might be that Prince Michael clearly loves the country that he has visited almost 50 times since 1992, shortly after the fall of the old Soviet Union. Russians say that the Prince is the only member of the British Royal family who understands the "
spirit"
of the country.

Last week, Prince Michael was in the city of Saratov, deep in the south of Russia, and Moscow, the Russian capital, for a four-day business and cultural visit, as the guest of Vostok Energy, a British-based gas and oil company set up in 2006.

Prince Michael, 68, set up his own charity foundation in Russia six years ago and believes his visits have helped improve relations between the two countries.

"
I try to break down the prejudices and allow the two sides to get to know each other better,"
he told The Sunday Telegraph.

Arriving last Monday evening at Saratov airport, he walked down the steps of his host's private jet to be honoured with a "
salt and bread"
ceremony, a traditional Slavic greeting kept only for the most revered guests.

By early next morning, the Prince, patron of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, was oiling the wheels between British and Russian businessmen, who have for long been wary of each other.

The Russians have vast untapped gas and oil reserves;
the British have the expertise, machinery and billionaire investors to enable the natural resources to be brought up from deep within the earth's crust.

As Prince Michael opened a new gas plant, near Saratov, workers greeted him like a Hollywood movie star, asking him to sign their yellow and white hard hats and pose for photographs.

When I asked Alexander Zhandarov, the Deputy Chairman of the Saratov Government, whether Russians respected the Prince, he replied: "
Respect is not the right word. He is loved and adored."


At Saratov war memorial, the Prince spoke with local leaders of his sadness that 20 million Russians - including 380,000 from this small region - had lost their lives in the Second World War.

Prince Michael told The Sunday Telegraph: "
They are a very resilient people and they have suffered a great deal under communism and before that. I admire their steel and resolution and resilience."


Resilience is something the prince knows all about. In Britain, the grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, has only a walk-on part in the Royal family. When he does make news, it is normally for the wrong reasons. Dogged by "
Rent-a-Kent"
headlines, he has been accused of exploiting his royal connections for commercial gain.

His marriage to German-born Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 has been equally controversial. When she became Princess Michael of Kent, she was not only a Roman Catholic but also a divorcee. Detractors portray her as "
Princess Pushy"
, and claim the couple are locked in a loveless union.

In 2002, the Kents were asked by the Queen to vacate their grace and favour five-bedroom apartment at Kensington Palace - or pay a market rent.

The couple, who had been given use of the apartment as their wedding present, were devastated. Eventually, they were permitted to stay and the Queen agreed personally to pay their rent - now £120,000 a year - for seven years. Since last January, the couple have paid it themselves.

"
It was an ugly period for us, but thank God that is now in the past. It was resolved with the help of the Queen,"
said Prince Michael.

But four years ago, facing increasing financial pressure, they were forced to sell their beloved country home, Nether Lypiatt in Gloucestershire, for £5.75 million.

"
It was very, very sad because we loved the house,"
he said. "
My wife had taken a lot of trouble to make it a lovely family home. But our lives became more and more in London, and our children wanted their own apartments in London, so sadly we parted with it."


What of the portrayal of the Kents' marriage?

"
I think people put two and two together and make five. We spend a lot of time apart. The Princess is a writer and she likes to get to write. We both have different interests and, although some coincide, this makes for a much richer life than always doing the same thing. So we have a tremendous life and we enjoy practically all of it."


What is his reaction to the steady stream of negative stories about him?

"
It's unhelpful and occasionally hurtful. But if you believe in what you are doing, it gives you a solid base from which to operate. So when the knocks come, unpalatable and disagreeable though they may be, you just get on with it. You have to resist the temptation to get affected by it."


The Prince carries out an average of 229 engagements a year and is patron or president of 99 charities, while his wife is linked to a further 45. This year he is promoting the work of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA). "
It's a first-rate charity,"
he said.

The Prince's private secretary, Nicholas Chance, a former Financial Times journalist, has done much, since taking up his role in 1997, to put the Kents' once-troubled finances on a sounder footing, quietly establishing a portfolio of business, charitable and cultural interests.

As the younger son - his elder brother is the Duke of Kent - Prince Michael was not expected to take on public duties. However, after leaving the Royal Hussars with the rank of major in 1981, he decided to take on an unpaid public role. With no vast family wealth behind him, he has combined these duties with commercial business consultancies.

Robert Cathery, a British entrepreneur who co-founded Vostok Energy, said he had invited Prince Michael to open the gas plant - unpaid, he stressed - because of his standing in Russia. While there, the Prince announced a new Vostok charity trust, while his established Russian charities also received a contribution from the firm.

After spending four days with his royal guest, Mr Cathery said: "
Everyone here [in Russia] knows him. They like and appreciate him, but they know the admiration goes both ways."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/8024995/Russia-hails-Prince-Michael-the-Royal-Family-member-with-Tsarist-blood-in-his-veins.html

Michael y Maria-Christina me parecen los más royals de todos. Hasta con sus líos financieros! Tienen una estampa inimitable, además de que saben caer parados, como los gatos

Lady Gabriella Windsor en un servicio religioso en memoria de la diseñadora Catherine Walker, 28 de Enero de 2011.

Bella discreta y con estilo. Me encanta el abrigo. Mica, muchas gracias por las fotos, quería subir alguna pero al final tuve tiempo.

Le 1ier mars, le duc de Kent est allé à Malte où il a rencontré le haut commissaire britannique à Malte ainsi que quelques ministres. 15 citoyens britanniques venaient d'arriver de Lybie dans un bateau allemand. Malte connaît actuellement une situation difficile à cause de l'arrivée de toutes ces personnes en provenance de Lybie où la situation est toujours incertaine.

El 12 de marzo, el Príncipe Michael de Kent fue en la India para el concurso de "
viajar con estilo"
de Cartier.

La princesa Marie-Christine de Kent se prepara para la pequeña pantalla la adaptación de su libro "
La luna y la serpiente: Diana de Poitiers y Catalina de Medicis, dos rivales en el corazón del rey "
. La saga en Inglés titulado "
Amor Real en el Renacimiento Francia"
debe ser de 8 episodios en la ITV y se adaptará con la firma conjunta de Julian Fellowes. (foto de archivo Copyright: Getty Images - gracias Bertarnd Meyer)

Esta chica hubiese sido estupenda para nuestro principe Felipe, porque no le pondria el ojo??, la verdad que tuvo monton de chicas de buena familia, educadas, serias, con valores y preparadas, y las dejo pasar una a una. A todas las enviaban a Madrid para realizar algun cursillo o estudiar castellano.

El pasado 5 de junio me quedé una noche en Londres camino de Grecia, en donde pasé una semana en Corfú.
Cogí el Gatwick Espress para trasladarme desde el Aeropuerto del mismo nombre hasta la capital británica.
Al llegar a la Estación Victoria, me apeo del tren y unas puertas más alla veo que había tres caballeros mirando hacía una dama que estaba apeandose en ese momento del tren. Yo también miré hacía la dama, aunque en un primer momento no pude verle la cara ya que ella estaba miraba hacía el suelo y su sombrero me lo impedía. Cuando ya por fín la señora elevó su cabeza al descender del tren tuve la gran satisfacción de comprobar que era ni más ni menos que la Princesa Maria Christina de Kent, detrás de ella bajó su marido el Príncipe Michael. Yo pasé a menos de un metro de la Princesa, y por unos instantes ambos nos miramos aunque yo no me atreví a decirle nada. Pensé en hacerles una foto con mi teléfono pero no quisé molestarles y preferí respetar su intimidad y no tratarles como si fuesen actores de cine.
La estampa fué majestuosa, ambos se apearon del tren con una elegancia y un boato, ambos tan bien vestidos y sonrientes. Nunca lo olvidaré.