Coppins
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Coppinsis acountry housenorth of the village ofIverinBuckinghamshire,England.Located only seven miles fromWindsor Castle,it was formerly a home to many members of theBritish royal family,includingPrincess Victoria,Prince George, Duke of KentandPrincess Marina,and their sonPrince Edward, Duke of Kent.
History
[edit]The house was originally a mid-nineteenth-century farmhouse built by John Mitchell, who arranged theatre visits forQueen Victoriaand her son, thePrince of Wales.The house was substantially altered forPrincess Victoria,who moved there after the death in 1925 of her mother,Queen Alexandra.
Princess Victoria left Coppins to her nephewPrince George, Duke of Kent,when she died in 1935. From then until it was sold in 1972 to Commander Eli Gottlieb, it was the home of two generations of the Kent family.[1]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburghwas a regular visitor to Coppins during school holidays while atGordonstoun(1937–39) andDartmouth Naval College(1939–40), and later when visiting withPrincess Elizabeth.Prince George's wife,Princess Marina,was Prince Philip's paternal first cousin.
Prince Michael of Kentwas born there on 4 July 1942. In 1944, Princess Marina's first cousin KingGeorge II of Greecealso stayed at Coppins.
References
[edit]- ^McKenzie, Porter (15 January 1951)."The World's Most Glamorous Widow".MacLean's.Retrieved19 December2020.