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# Princess Alexandra of Kent Turns 88: She Is Now the Third Most Senior Member of the British Royal Family, After Her Elder Brother, the 89-Year-Old Duke of Kent, and His 91-Year-Old Wife Katharine
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- Published: 2024-12-25T11:00:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:31:38.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Monarchies, People

Princess Alexandra of Kent, the most Russian member of the British royal family and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, is the granddaughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and the great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II.

Princess Alexandra of Kent is the last member of the English royal family at whose birth a special official of the royal administration was present, to certify the fact of the birth of an infant of royal blood and to confirm the legitimacy of a person standing in the line of succession. The rule went back to the great scandal of the reign of King James II, when the opponents of the Catholic monarch [accused](https://theparnassian.com/podumat-tolko-kakaia-tragichnaia-sudba/?ref=theparnassian.com) Queen Mary of Modena of passing off a changeling in order to conceal a stillbirth. After 1936, no such officials attended royal confinements. At the moment of her birth, Princess Alexandra was sixth in line to the English crown; today she stands 57th, after her brothers Prince Michael of Kent and his descendants (places 52 to 56) and Edward, Duke of Kent and his descendants (places 41 to 51).

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