In recent times, the hard core of the British royal family has been shrinking at the express wish of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne. This maneuver has been the perfect excuse to get rid of uncomfortable elements, such as Prince Andrew, whose popularity has plummeted since he reached an out-of-court settlement with the woman who accuses him of having abused her when she was a minor in the framework of the prostitution network of the late Jeffrey Epstein.
Another figure that has given Elizabeth II several headaches throughout her reign has been her cousin Michael, Prince of Kent. He was one of the pages at her wedding with the Duke of Edinburgh and is considered one of his most faithful advisers, but he has also starred in more than one scandal due to his connections with the Kremlin or the outbursts of his wife Marie-Christine.
The good news is that the sovereign can breathe a little easier now that the marriage plans to withdraw from public life, according to The Times newspaper. The reason would be the advanced age of the prince, who has already turned 80.
Officially, neither of them is part of the “roster” of active royals, but they do attend dozens of events each year in which they use their titles of Royal Highness, the same one that Michael lost for love when he married his divorced wife. and Catholic, and which he recovered in 2013 thanks to a change in the inheritance law.
Princess Michael of Kent -that is the official title of Marie-Christine- became a real problem when it came to defending the royal family from the accusations of racism that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made against them after disassociating themselves from the monarchy in March 2020. She was the person who wore a brooch known as Blackamoor or Moretti, original from Venice in the 16th century, with the bust of a black man. These pieces typically portray African-Americans as servants and was considered a veiled insult to Meghan, whose mother is African-American, but the princess later denied this, apologizing if she had offended anyone.
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