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Mar 8, 2024 · Back in April 1963, the country stopped to watch the grand wedding of Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin, Princess Alexandra of Kent, to British businessman Angus Ogilvy. The couple met during a...
He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Ogilvy is also remembered for his role in a business scandal, known as the Lonrho affair , involving the breaking of sanctions against Rhodesia during the 1970s.
Mar 30, 2017 · In 1955, at a ball at Luton Hoo, Angus met Princess Alexandra of Kent and was instantly smitten. She was the daughter of the late Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Eight years later, on April 24, 1963, the couple married at Westminster Abbey in London, England.
The wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent and The Honourable Angus Ogilvy took place on Wednesday, 24 April 1963 at Westminster Abbey. Princess Alexandra was the only daughter and second child of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Ogilvy was the second son and fifth child of the 12th Earl of Airlie and ...
Dec 31, 2004 · Ogilvy became the first person to marry into the royal family and refuse a peerage when he married Alexandra in 1963. He earned his degree at Oxford after studying philosophy, politics and...
Aug 21, 2023 · Princess Alexandra's husband was also a part of British nobility; according to The Guardian, Sir Angus Ogilvy was son of the Earl and Countess of Airlie. The two were married to national fanfare at Westminster Abbey in 1963 with 200 million people watching the event on TV (per The Telegraph ).
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Dec 26, 2004 · Sir Angus, who married Princess Alexandra in 1963, battled with cancer and recently suffered pneumonia. The Rev Jonathan Riviere, rector of Sandringham, said prayers for him during a service...
