Inside the Duke of Kent’s private royal family photo album

telegraph.co.uk:

Although, no doubt, he would blanch at such a description, the Duke of Kent is one of the nation’s great unsung heroes. Modest and self-effacing, he has always seen his role as being to support the Queen, and he has been doing just that for the 70 years of her reign.He was born in 1935, so he is now 86, and he had the tragedy of losing his father, Prince George, in a wartime air crash in Scotland in 1942.

He therefore became a duke at a very early age, and this year will have had the title for 80 years.It has been great fun working with him on his new book, A Royal Life.

It started as a book of conversations, though by and large I have edited myself out of these – as my contribution was along the lines of ‘And then what happened?’ Most of these were conducted on Zoom, with me in Wiltshire and the Duke at Wren House, part of the Kensington Palace complex.He was resolutely punctual, and I enjoyed noting that he was often in different locations around the house.

I had first met him 20 years ago, he had read some of my books and been to three lectures, so it was likely that he knew I was well versed in his family’s history.I came to appreciate that along with his well-understood dedication to duty, he had made a wonderful life for himself by the zest with which he tackled every project and engagement.