Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family. He is the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and the youngest of the nine 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.
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Born | Prince Richard of Gloucester (1944-08-26) 26 August 1944 (age 79) St Matthew's Nursing Home, Northampton, England[1] | ||||
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House | Windsor | ||||
Father | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester | ||||
Mother | Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott | ||||
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge | ||||
Richard practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother, William, placed him in direct line to inherit his father's dukedom of Gloucester, to which he succeeded in 1974. He married Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen on 8 July 1972. They have three children.