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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

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The Resume

    (December 13, 1906-August 27, 1968)
    Born in Athens, Greece
    Born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
    Married to Prince George, Duke of Kent (1934-1942)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a smoker.
    British women took up smoking because they saw her smoking in public.
    She was very snobbish.
    She referred to her sisters-in-law, the Duchess of Gloucester and the Queen Mother, as 'those common little Scottish girls.'
    Although she was a princess of Greece, she had no Greek ancestry.
    She and her husband were cousins.
    Her husband was bisexual. (Can you say 'beard'?)

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her family was deposed and she grew up poor.
    Her daughter-in-law, Princess Michael of Kent, is even more snobbish than she was, if that's possible.
    Her husband was killed in World War II, leaving her a widow with three small children.
    She was the last foreign-born princess to marry into the British royal family.
    The Kinks recorded a song called 'She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina.'
    She performed a lot of royal duties even after her husband's death.
    She died of a brain tumor.

Credit: Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 117 Votes: 47.01% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 166 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 63 Votes: 50.79% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 129 Votes: 51.94% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 55 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 57.41% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 70.67% Annoying