Duchess of Gloucester To Visit Bermuda

October 6, 2010

210px-HRH_The_Duchess_of_GloucesterHer Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester will visit Bermuda from November 11-14 2010. As Colonel-in-Chief of the Bermuda Regiment her primary focus during the visit will be to present new Regimental Colours to the Regiment.

During her visit she will also attend events organised by the Bermuda Regiment Charitable Trust, Bermuda Football Association, the St John’s Ambulance and Masterworks. The Cabinet Office says that further details will be made available nearer the time of the visit.

Born Birgitte Eva Henriksen, in Odense, Denmark, she moved to Cambridge, England and worked at the Danish embassy in London. In February 1972, she became engaged to Prince Richard of Gloucester, the second eldest son of The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Their marriage took place on 8 July 1972 at St. Andrew’s Church, Barnwell, Northamptonshire. At that time, she was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Richard of Gloucester.

Six weeks after their wedding, Prince Richard’s elder brother, Prince William, was killed in a flying accident. Prince Richard unexpectedly became heir to the Dukedom and upon his father’s death in 1974, the couple became TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

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  1. bob todd says:

    Meeting with BFA = Photo ops and press = great administration …….and so it begins .. deja vu, all over again…

    LOL

  2. Uncle Ruckus says:

    Who the hell cares.