Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy is one of the lesser-known British royals; her life, career, fortune, and more explored.
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy is one of the British Royal members who rarely makes the news.
She is 57th in line to the throne.
Princess Alexandra is the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and one of the few remaining royals to attend the Queen’s wedding to the late Prince Phillip in 1974.
Here is everything you need to know about the late Queen’s cousin.
Who is Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy?
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1936, in Belgravia, London, United Kingdom.
Her full real name is Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel.
Per the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, she was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra; her grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia; and both of her maternal aunts, Countess Elizabeth of Törring-Jettenbach and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia.
She was named Christabel because she was born on Christmas Day.
She was born to parents Princess Marina (mother) and Prince George (father).
Her dad is the Duke of Kent and the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary.
Her mom was the Duchess of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Her birth was the last to have the tradition of having the Home Secretary present to verify the birth of potential heirs to the throne.
At the time of her birth, Princess Alexandra was sixth in line to the British throne, but now she is 57th in the line of succession, per TheSun.
She is also royal on her mother’s side, with ties to Greece, Denmark, and Russia.
Famously, Princess Alexandra is known as the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and they are related through their fathers, King George VI and Prince George, Duke of Kent. Alexandra’s mother Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was also a first cousin of the Queen’s husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
She was one of the few remaining royals to attend the Queen’s wedding to the late Prince Phillip.
She is not an only child to her parents. She had three siblings. Her brothers are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Prince Michael of Kent.
Her older brother, Prince Edward, became the new Duke of Kent in 1942 after their father died in a flying accident.
At age 11, rather than being home-schooled, Alexandra became the first British princess to attend regular school.
The Princess went to Heathfield School, a boarding school near Ascot and later studied in Paris, France.
What is Princess Alexandra’s net worth?
The British Royal Family has been around for centuries, and their members have kept quite hefty net worths.
Princess Alexandra is also a member of the prestigious family and has an impressive reported fortune.
Queen Elizabeth’s cousin, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy has an estimated net worth of between $22 million and $25 million, per History-a2z.
What is known about Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy’s own family?
At age 27, Princess Alexandra married The Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy second son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke.
Princess Alexandra and Sir Angus Ogilvy met during a ball at Luton Hoo in 1955, and seven years later, announced they were engaged.
The couple tied the knot on 24 April 1963, at Westminster Abbey.
Their nuptial was attended by the Queen and Prince Philip, Prince Charles, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret.
Their wedding ceremony was broadcast worldwide on television, and watched by an estimated 200 million people.
Sir Angus died from throat cancer in 2004 at the age of 76.
Before his passing, Angus Ogilvy and Alexandra had two children, James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) and Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy who were both born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park.
They have four grandchildren namely Flora Alexandra Vesterberg (born 15 December 1994), Alexander Charles Ogilvy (born 12 November 1996) both born in Edinburgh, Scotland and from James’ marriage, and Zenouska May Mowatt, Head of Marketing for Halcyon Days Ltd. (born 26 May 1990 in Roehampton, England), and Christian Alexander Mowatt (born 4 June 1993 in London, England).