On This Day In History . 20 December 1902 . Prince George, Duke of Kent was born . . ◼ Prince George was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England. . ◼ His father was George, Prince of Wales (later King George V), the eldest surviving son of King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra. His mother was the Princess of Wales (later Queen Mary), the daughter of the Duke & Duchess of Teck. . ◼ At the time of his birth, he was fifth in the line of succession to the throne, behind his father & three older brothers. As a grandchild of a British monarch in the male line, he was styled His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales. . ◼ Prince George was the Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in a military air-crash on 25 August 1942. He was married to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (daughter of prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark & Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia), they had three children; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born.9 October 1935); Princess Alexandra (born. 25 December 1936); & Prince Michael of Kent (born.4 July 1942) . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1902 #D20Dec #PrinceGeorge #PrinceGeorgeDukeofKent #DukeofKent #HouseofWindsor #RoyalFamily #Royalty #History #BritishMonarchy #Instahistory #Queenmary #Princessmarina #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #OnThisDay #Royalairforce #raf #BritishRoyals #britishroyalfamily #BritishRoyals (at Sandringham Estate) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6T4phBgTsH/?igshid=vddem6vb7y52