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Kiki Preston

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The Resume

    (1898-December 23, 1946)
    Born in Hempstead, New York
    Birth name was Alice Gwynne
    Died in New York City
    Jumped to her death from a hotel balcony at 48
    Member of the notorious Happy Valley Set (upper-class British colonials living in Kenya and Uganda)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a scandalous Vanderbilt heiress, never working a day in her life.
    Her nickname was 'the girl with the silver syringe' due to her hardcore heroin habit.
    She also abused cocaine and morphine, getting her lover, Prince George, Duke of Kent, hooked, and forcing his brother, Edward VIII, to run her out of England.
    She allegedly bore a bastard child with Prince George.
    She and the Prince engaged in a menage a trois with the bisexual son of a diplomat.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her father passed away when she was just five.
    She was renowned as a great beauty.
    She suffered numerous family tragedies in a short time period.
    Her cousin lost his life in a traffic accident in 1933 and her husband, financier Gerry Preston, died in 1934.
    It is speculated her suicide was precipitated by the death of her son during the Normandy Landings of 1944.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 68 Votes: 48.53% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 74.07% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 101 Votes: 62.38% Annoying