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On This Day In Royal History . 28 March 1965 . Mary, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood died . . ◼ On 28 March 1965 The Princess Royal suffered a fatal heart attack during a walk with her elder son, Lord Harewood, & his children on the grounds of the Harewood House estate. She was 67 years old. She was buried at Harewood after a private family funeral at York Minster. . ◼ Six British monarchs reigned during Princess Mary’s lifetime: Queen Victoria (her great-grandmother), Edward VII (her grandfather), George V (her father), Edward VIII & George VI (her brothers) & Elizabeth II (her niece). Princess Mary is the great-aunt of heir apparent to the British throne - Prince Charles & the great-great-aunt of the 2nd in line to the British throne - Prince William. . . ◼ PRINCESS MARY, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood ( born.25 April 1897 ); was the third child & only daughter of King George V & Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal. Mary held the title of princess with the style Highness from birth as the then great-granddaughter of the British sovereign, & later Her Royal Highness, as the granddaughter & finally daughter of the Sovereign. . ◼ After her marriage, she held the title of Viscountess Lascelles & , from 1929, Countess of Harewood. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1965 #PrincessMary #Princess #PrincessRoyal #MaryPrincessRoyal #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #historyfacts #royalhistory #Onthisday #CountessofHarewood #herroyalhighness #Coronation #GeorgeV #queenmary #Greatbritain #BritishMonarchy #d28mar #Countess #RoyalHistory #Harewood #HarewoodHouse #History #britishroyalty #royalcollection #portraits #portraitphotography Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 . . FOLLOW @princessmaryprincessroyal 👍 (at Harewood House) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-STolDDYGx/?igshid=6vrndqgjgw3f

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On This Day In History . 28 March 1965 . Mary, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood died . . ◼ On 28 March 1965 The Princess Royal suffered a fatal heart attack during a walk with her elder son, Lord Harewood, & his children on the grounds of the Harewood House estate. She was 67 years old. She was buried at Harewood after a private family funeral at York Minster. . ◼ Six British monarchs reigned during Princess Mary's lifetime: Queen Victoria (her great-grandmother), Edward VII (her grandfather), George V (her father), Edward VIII & George VI (her brothers) & Elizabeth II (her niece). Princess Mary is the great-aunt of heir apparent to the British throne - Prince Charles & the great-great-aunt of the 2nd in line to the British throne - Prince William. . . ◼ PRINCESS MARY, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood ( born.25 April 1897 ); was the third child & only daughter of King George V & Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal. Mary held the title of princess with the style Highness from birth as the then great-granddaughter of the British sovereign, & later Her Royal Highness, as the granddaughter & finally daughter of the Sovereign. . ◼ After her marriage, she held the title of Viscountess Lascelles & , from 1929, Countess of Harewood. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1965 #PrincessMary #Princess #PrincessRoyal #MaryPrincessRoyal #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #CountessofHarewood #BritishMonarchy #d28mar #Princess #Countess #RoyalHistory #Harewood #HarewoodHouse #History #britishroyalty (at Harewood House) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkOCTmFEhw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6wiion2zfil4

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On this day in history . 24th January 1965 . . Sir Winston Churchill died. . ◼ On 15 January 1965, Churchill suffered a severe stroke that left him gravely ill. He died at his London home nine days later, at age 90, on the morning of Sunday 24 January 1965, 70 years to the day after his father's death. . ▪️. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British statesman, army officer & writer, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 & again from 1951 to 1955. Over the course of his career as a Member of Parliament (MP), he represented five constituencies in both England & Scotland. . ◼ During his time as Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to an allied victory in the Second World War. He was Conservative Party leader from 1940 to 1955. . ◼ In 1953, Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his lifetime body of work, the prize cited "his mastery of historical & biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values". . Rest in Peace . Follow @blenheimpalace . . . #OnThisDayinHistory #D24Jan #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1965 #WinstonChurchill #Churchill #SirWinstonChurchill #WinstonLeonardSpencerChurchill #Politician #PrimeMinister #WinstonSChurchill #BlenheimPalace #GeorgeV (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCPDV3lESK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2mgt2vrjms55

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@britishmonarchy On this day in history . 24th January 1965 . . Sir Winston Churchill died. . ◼ On 15 January 1965, Churchill suffered a severe stroke that left him gravely ill. He died at his London home nine days later, at age 90, on the morning of Sunday 24 January 1965, 70 years to the day after his father's death. . Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British statesman, army officer & writer, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 & again from 1951 to 1955. Over the course of his career as a Member of Parliament (MP), he represented five constituencies in both England & Scotland. . ◼ During his time as Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to an allied victory in the Second World War. He was Conservative Party leader from 1940 to 1955. . ◼ In 1953, Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his lifetime body of work, the prize cited "his mastery of historical & biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values". . . Rest in Peace . Follow @blenheimpalace . . . #OnThisDayinHistory #D24Jan #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1965 #WinstonChurchill #Churchill #SirWinstonChurchill #WinstonLeonardSpencerChurchill #Politician #PrimeMinister #WinstonSChurchill #BlenheimPalace #GeorgeV (at United Kingdom)