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2012
11.29

First Live Radio Broadcast of a Royal Wedding – 1934

Category: What happened on this date in British Royal history / Tag: First Live radio broadcast of a royal wedding, marriage of Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent 1934, what happened on this date in British royal history / Add Comment

On November 29, 1934, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark marries Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Mary of Teck. Their nuptials at Westminster Abbey are the first live radio broadcast of a royal wedding. The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in a plane in Scotland, while on active service with the Royal Air Force. 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. She died on August 27, 1968 at Kensington Palace from a brain tumor and was buried at the Royal Burial Ground in Frogmore.

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