His Highness talks hotels

October 24, 2008

Moscow News – Business – October 24, 2008 – By Rebeccah Billing.

HRH Prince Michael of Kent made a high profile visit to the Moscow Ritz-Carlton this week for more than a spa and a champagne cocktail. The Prince, who speaks fluent Russian and bears a striking resemblance to Tsar Nicholas II, acted as patron of the two-day Russia and CIS Hotel Investment Conference, which aimed to address the concerns of investors in the Russian hotel sector during the current financial turmoil.

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Daily Mail – October 23, 2008

ORDER the champagne — the romance which broke the heart of Princess Michael of Kent’s lissom daughter Lady Gabriella Windsor is back on. Almost two years since Gabriella (left) announced she had broken up with her handsome Indian boyfriend Aatish Taseer, the couple are rekindling their friendship.

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Daily Mail – October 21, 2008.

HE IS the increasingly frail womaniser who unwittingly opened a Pandora’s box of scandal with his frank admissions of infidelity when married to Princess Margaret. She was his adoring mistress who fell out of favour when she spoke openly of their long-term clandestine affair.

Snowdon and Marjorie at Le Caprice

Now, I can reveal, the Earl of Snowdon, the Queen’s former brother-in-law, is back in the arms of Marjorie Wallace, the vivacious mental health campaigner.

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The Sunday Telegraph – October 19, 2008

AFTER HER acrimonious divorce from Sir Paul McCartney, Heather Mills has apparently struck up an unlikely friendship with a man who may lack his millions, but has no shortage of class.

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HRH the Duke of Gloucester

Kent Online – October 18, 2008

by Graham Tuthill

The Duke of Gloucester was due to officially open the Kent Marine Festival at Dover Cruise Port today.

The Duke, grandson of King George V and a first cousin to the Queen, will be welcomed by Bob Goldfield, chief executive of the Port of Dover, during the morning and is expected to tour the almost 70-strong exhibition stands.

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The Daily Mail – October 12, 2008

Just months ago they were nicknamed ‘The Glums’ because they looked so miserable together.

But the Queen’s nephew Lord Linley and his heiress wife Serena couldn’t have appeared happier when they enjoyed a romantic meal out to mark their 15th wedding anniversary. 

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The Daily Mail – October 12, 2008

Viscount Linley lies prostrate in the grass, waiting for the perfect shot as he hunts deer at Balmoral  today.

The Queen’s millionaire furniture-maker nephew David Linley was accompanied by ex-gamekeeper Willie Potts during the shoot on the 55,000-acre estate.

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The Scotsman – October 8, 2008

Emma Cowing

WHAT DOES £69 get you these days? Not a lot, really. A couple of loaves of bread, perhaps. A few drops of petrol. An Icelandic bank, maybe.

That is, of course, unless your surname includes the words “Michael of Kent”, in which case, until recently, £69 a week would have snagged you a five-bedroom, five-reception room home in Kensington Palace.