Queen Elizabeth

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Everything You Need to Know About the Royal Family's Annual ... (TownandCountrymag.com)

Every year, at the end of her Scottish summer holiday at Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth hosts a ball. The tradition dates back to Queen Victoria.

He would go and sit on the Royal dais at the end of the room and watch the dancers with a keen eye, occasionally turning to one of his staff with a shrewd comment." Bussell said, "apparently she did every dance and she’d stay up late into the night and be there to just enjoy it." You can see a menu for the 1912 Ghillies Ball here. The first dance, McGrady shares, was typically the "Dashing White Sergeant"—a Scottish country dance where two women dance with one man. She would take part in every one throughout the first half of the dance. "She loved all Highland dances and many of the old English country dances, which she always had included in the program.

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The Duke of Kent's Life in Photos (TownandCountrymag.com)

Prince Edward was born in October 1935 at No. 3 Belgrave Square in London. Here, his mother, Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent, takes him for a walk in a ...

The Duke of Kent became a freemason in 1963, and was elected a Grand Master in 1967. The Duke is Colonel of the Scots Guards. Tragically, Prince George, the Duke of Kent, died in a plane crash in 1942. Edward's wife, the Duchess of Kent, stepped back from royal duties in the early 2000s, so he is largely accompanied by his sister to public events. After his retirement from the army in 1976, he still stayed involved in a ceremonial capacity. Though the Act of Settlement of 1701 means any royal family marrying a Catholic relinquishes their place in the line of the succession, this does not apply to Prince Edward because Katharine was not Catholic when they married. The Kents welcomed their first son, George, Earl of St Andrews in 1962. The Kents pictured on a night out in 1978. Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, comes from a long lineage of royalty. Prince Edward is a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and he has dedicated his life to service. Upon their wedding, Katharine became the new Duchess of Kent. Here, scroll through all the best photos of the Duke of Kent over the years.

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