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Up for sale "Danish Prince" George Valdemar Carl Axel of Denmark Hand Signed 4X6 Card.
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Prince
George Valdemar Carl Axel of Denmark (16
April 1920, in Bernstorff Palace – 29 September 1986, in Copenhagen) was a Danish prince. He was a second cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh. Prince George was the eldest son of Prince Axel of Denmark (himself
a son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark) and Princess Margaretha of
Sweden. As a result of the Danish Act of Succession of
1953, which restricts the throne to those descended from Christian X and his
wife, Alexandrine
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, through approved marriages, he lost his place
in the line of succession. On 16 September 1950, at Glamis
Castle, he married Anne, Viscountess Anson,
the divorced wife of Thomas, Viscount Anson, and daughter of Hon. John Bowes-Lyon and
Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. His wife was a first cousin of Elizabeth II. Prince George himself was a second cousin of Edward VIII, George VI and Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh. He served as defence attaché to London and military, naval and air attaché at Paris.
The marriage was opposed by the Church of England, because, at that time, the church did not
permit the remarriage of a divorced person who had a prior spouse living. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Consort of the United Kingdom, later the
Queen Mother, had announced her intention to attend the wedding, but the Archbishop of Canterbury intervened,
ordered the withdrawal of the Scottish Episcopal clergyman, and “advised” the
Queen Mother not to attend. The Queen Mother stated that she would join the
wedding party only for the reception and would remain in an adjoining drawing
room while the ceremony took place.
