Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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Prince Richard
Duke of Gloucester (more)
Prince Richard aged 79
Richard in 2023
BornPrince Richard of Gloucester
(1944-08-26) 26 August 1944 (age 79)
St Matthew's Nursing Home, Northampton, England[1]
Spouse
Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen
(m. 1972)
Issue
Names
Richard Alexander Walter George
Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

grandchildren of King George V and Queen Mary. He is 31st in the line of succession to the British throne, and the highest person on the list who is not a descendant of George VI
, who was his uncle. At the time of his birth, he was 5th in line to the throne.

Richard practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother,

Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen
on 8 July 1972. They have three children.

Early life

Prince Richard with his father in 1945

Prince Richard was born on 26 August 1944 at 12:15 pm at St Matthew's Nursing Home in

John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Bridgeman. At the time of his birth, he was second in line to his father's dukedom, behind his elder brother, Prince William of Gloucester, who was accidentally killed in 1972 before inheriting the title and having any children of his own. Richard was baptised at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park on 20 October 1944 by the retired Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang.[6] When Richard was four months old, he accompanied his parents to Australia, where his father served as governor-general from 1945 to 1947. The family returned to Barnwell Manor
in 1947, where Richard spent most of his childhood.

Education and career

Prince Richard's early education took place at home, under the instruction of Rosalind Ramirez, who had also tutored young King

MA (Cantab)
in 1971.

In 1966, Richard joined the Offices Development Group in the Ministry of Public Building and Works for a year of practical work. He returned to Cambridge in 1967, completing both parts of the Diploma in Architecture degree in June 1969. Upon passing his exams, he became a practising partner with Hunt Thompson Associates, Architects, in London.[8]

Marriage and family

On 8 July 1972, Prince Richard married

Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen at St Andrew's Church, Barnwell, Northamptonshire
; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have three children:

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's official residence is at Kensington Palace in London.[13] They have leased their private home, Barnwell Manor, since 1994. In September 2022, the Duke put the manor up for sale for £4.75 million.[14]

Activities

Prince Richard ended his architectural career in 1972, after the death of his elder brother Prince William, who crashed his plane in a flying competition. Richard became heir apparent to his father's dukedom and had to take on additional family obligations and royal duties on behalf of the Queen. He became Duke of Gloucester on his father's death on 10 June 1974.

Prince Richard was elected as a corporate member of the

Institute of Advanced Motorists, of which he was president for more than 32 years. On his appointment in 1971,[20] it was recorded that the new president was "currently [driving] an Austin 1300", reflecting the modest image with which he has always been identified. He stood down as president in January 2005.[21]

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

The Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by the Duchess, represented his cousin Elizabeth II at the Solomon Islands independence celebrations on 7 July 1978.[22][23] He served as a judge in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament on 15 June 1987.

On 10 April 2008, the Duke of Gloucester was officially installed as inaugural

Richard III Society since 1980.[26] He is also a member of the international advisory board of the Royal United Services Institute.[27][28] Since 1972, the Duke has been a corporate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[29] He is also an honorary fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers.[30]

During 2009, the Duke became patron of the

The Duke in 2018 visiting the National Churches Trust

On 11 March 2015, the Duke visited the

reburial and commemorations of King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. Richard III had held the title Duke of Gloucester before his ascension to the English throne.[41] In March 2018, the Duke travelled to Malawi to attend the Commonwealth Day celebrations, and visited projects related to health services, wildlife, and climate change.[42][43] He missed the celebrations in March 2022 after testing positive for COVID-19.[44]

On 14 September 2022, after the

cortege from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, for her lying in state.[45]

Sir Timothy Laurence
following the coronation on 6 May 2023

In 2023 the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended the

coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey, and (in common with other working members of the Royal Family) took part in the Coronation Procession following the service.[46]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Honours

Robed in the mantle of Grand Prior of the Order of St John, 2006

Foreign

Honorary military appointments

Australia Australia
  • Royal Australian Army Education Corps[54]
New Zealand New Zealand
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Arms

Coat of arms of the Duke of Gloucester
Notes
The Duke's armorial bearings are based on the
arms
are differenced from those of the Sovereign and other members of the Royal Family.
Adopted
1962
Coronet
Coronet of a male-line grandchild of the Sovereign.
Crest
On a Coronet of children of other sons of the Sovereign, composed of four Crosses pattées alternated with four Strawberry Leaves, a Lion statant guardant Or, crowned with the like Coronet, and differenced with a Label as in the Arms.
Supporters
The Royal Supporters, differenced with a Coronet as in the Crest and Label as in the Arms.[54]
Orders
The Shield is surrounded by the Garter circlet, inscribed with its Motto:
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
(Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)
Other elements
Differences from the Royal Arms are a
Arms of the Order in chief
.
Banner
The Duke's standard (or banner) displays his personal arms, granted in 1962.[60]
(in Scotland)
Symbolism
As in the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, the first and fourth quarters represent England, the second Scotland and the third Ireland.

Issue

Name Birth Marriage Issue
Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster 24 October 1974 22 June 2002 Claire Booth Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden
Lady Cosima Windsor
Lady Davina Windsor 19 November 1977 31 July 2004
Divorced 2018
Gary Lewis Senna Lewis
Tāne Lewis
Lady Rose Windsor 1 March 1980 19 July 2008 George Gilman Lyla Gilman
Rufus Gilman

Ancestry

See also

References

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  2. ^ As a titled royal, Richard needs no surname, but, when one is used, it is Windsor.
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  6. ^ His godparents were his paternal aunt, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Marie Louise (his cousin), the Countess of Athlone (his grandaunt, for whom her daughter, Lady May Abel Smith stood proxy), the Duke of Buccleuch (his maternal uncle), the Marquess of Cambridge (his cousin), Lady Sybil Phipps (his maternal aunt), and General the Earl Alexander of Tunis (for whom his wife, then Lady Margaret Alexander, stood proxy). Because of the War, newspapers did not identify the precise location of the christening, saying only that it took place at "a private chapel in the country".[3][4][5]
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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Born: 26 August 1944
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Arthur Chatto
Line of succession
to the British throne

son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
grandson of George V
Succeeded by
Alexander Windsor,
Earl of Ulster
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Duke of Gloucester
5th creation
10 June 1974 – present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Earl of Ulster
Academic offices
New creation Chancellor
University of Worcester

2008–present
Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
HRH The Duke of Gloucester
Succeeded by